Icy Conductor
In the winter spirit still, I figured I’d update the “People Make The Trains Run On Time” gallery here on the blog. This is from the winter of 2008, as a snowstorm moved through Chicagoland, dumping tons of the white stuff on the landscape surrounding Elburn, IL, and its ‘out in the country’ Metra station. [...]
Snopocalypse
With all the snow being predicted for Chicago tomorrow, I figured it was time to revisit a favorite winter time shot of mine. This is looking down Canal St. during the evening rush during one of the worst snow storms I can remember recently around here, December 2008. One of the particularly bad things about [...]
Manhattan Bound
Slipping out of Union Station, one of the last runs for the night on the Metra Southwest Service is bound for Manhattan (the one in Illinois). Heading under a multitude of overhead signals guiding its path out of town, the train picks up speed and the conductor begins to collect tickets, his unmistakable figure (complete [...]
Those Are The Brakes
While messing around trying to kill some time in Homewood, IL on Friday night, I was trying some pan shots passing Metra Electric trains shortly after sunset. In this shot, an inbound train for Chicago is slowing for a stop on the Homewood platform, and as you’ll notice, the brake shoes on the lead truck [...]
It’s All About Light
Whatever you are making a photo of, be it a train, a person, or a nice cityscape, it’s always about the light, and using the light to your advantage. Here, yet another ‘boring’ Metra cab car pulls into the Cicero stop to pick up one passenger on his way into Chicago for the evening. And [...]
Commuters and Clouds
I seem to be on a real commuter railroad kick lately, with a Metra shot posted last time, but still, I couldn’t pass this one up. With more lake effect snow clouds hanging low over Lake Michigan, and a strategically placed extra line of clouds hanging over the inner suburbs of Chicago, the last light [...]
The Everyday Commute
As lake effect snow clouds hang low over Lake Michigan, dumping five inches of snow not more than five miles away in Northwest Indiana, the sun shines on the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago. An inbound Metra Rock Island train scoots into LaSalle St. Station, reflecting the low sun off it’s fluted stainless steel. As [...]
Icy Conductor
I put this up on Flickr yesterday, but I thought it might deserve to be a bit bigger over here on the blog. The look on this conductor’s face just about sums up this extreme cold spell we’re in the middle of. This is from last Saturday, on the platform at LaFox, IL, as a [...]
The Happy Holidays Post
Since I’m about to pack it in for the Holidays and head home to Central Illinois (as well as another, much warmer locale…) for a while, I figured now may be my last chance to put up the “Happy Holidays” blog entry, so here it goes. These photos today are all from our big snow [...]
Home for the Holiday (by Transit)
Last night I took a little walk around my neighborhood here in Chicago. I had a certain place in mind to get a shot, where Chicago Avenue goes under the Union Pacific North and Northwest Metra lines, just west of Halsted Avenue. I also thought, hey, wouldn’t it be cool if I could get a [...]
