Fuck Yeah Trains

Last days of the Green and Gold by Joe McMillan Via Flickr:

Grand Trunk Western EMD F3A in the older paint scheme

Chicago

August 31, 1969

Milw 173 at Rondout, IL by Dave Allenson Via Flickr: Milwaukee Road freight train

Rondout, Illinois

August 1987

Caption: “BN E9 9922 is really rolling a westbound Express under the searchlights at Congress Park in June 1988.”

Chicago & North Western commuter train

Arlington Heights, Illinois

1975

Rock Island E6A 630 and commuter train at La Salle Street Station

Chicago

March 20, 1977

Last days for a Classic Locomotive by Joe McMillan   Santa Fe A-B-B-B EMD FT set headed to Chicago

Note the green and yellow Burlington Refrigerator Express car on the right with the “Everywhere West” slogan

January 2, 1965

Caption: “A cold, wet, gloomy November day greets the Rock Island and its commuters at La Salle Street Station, Chicago as E8 649 and another E wait for their next assignment. In addition to running commuter trains, Rock Island had not joined Amtrak and was required to run a Peoria and Quad Cities Rocket pair daily. The gloom pretty well predicts the outlook for this Midwestern granger road.”

Chicago

November 01, 1973

C&NW - Chicago Avenue by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: Caption: “One mile out of the Chicago Passenger Terminal, Crandall Cab No. 505 heads non-revenue C&NW equipment train No. 3241, on a bounce-out run to Winnetka.”

Chicago

April 1979

I’m kind of loving this elegantly simple two-colour Amtrak ridership map produced for an article on Fortune.com. It certainly shows the dominance of the Northeast Corridor in terms of ridership! 

Cartographically speaking, I really like the unusual “perspective” projection, which – when combined with some lovely and subtle relief shading – certainly gives the impression of looking down from high above the continent. The labelling of the routes perhaps doesn’t quite live up to the excellence of the mapping, but this is still quality work.

(Although, apparently absolutely no one rode on the San Joaquins spur between Stockton and Sacramento.)

Amtrak E-unit Chicago 1976, by Mark LLanuza Via Flickr: Caption: “Amtrak E8 with three former C&NW intercity Bi Level 400 cars back the Illinois Zephyr into Chicago Union Station. The former REA famous express trucking building is still in the background.”

Chicago

1976