August 2, 2018 – A southbound loaded BNSF Coal train crosses over the Ohio River bridge from Metropolis, IL to West Paducah, Ky, as it makes it’s way toward Calvert City, Ky to the load out there. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #bnsf #bnsfrailway
July 17, 2018 – Norfolk Southern 5642 heads up the NS Safety Train as it sits in a house track at Mount Vernon, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway
I’m honored to find out that my photo of Chicago’s Tower 18 Interlocking has been has been selected as the First Place Winner in the 2017-2018 National Railroad Hall of Fame Photography Contest! If you make it to Galesburg Illinois for the Railroad Days Festival (June 23-24) stop by the public exhibition drop by and check out all the photographs in the exhibit!
March 23, 2018 – Three “L” Rapid transit trains pass through tower 18 junction, just down from the Chicago Transit Authority’s Clark/Lake Street Station, during the evening rush hour in Chicago, Illinois. For decades, the Tower 18 junction at Lake & Wells was billed as the busiest railroad junction in the world. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains#nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways#railway #cta #commutertrains.
May 17, 2018 – Amtrak’s 391 Saluki stops short of the diamond at Effingham, Illinois as it drops off a couple of passengers before continuing its trip south to Carbondale, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrains
May 19, 2018 – Union Pacific 9795 leads a northbound mixed freight across the CN/UP Diamond at Sullivan, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #up #unionpacific #unionpacificrailroad
May 18, 2018 – The Crew aboard Southern Steam engine 401 prepares it’s train at the Monticello Railway Museum, in Monticello, Illinois, to begin it’s day for the Southern Rail Production’s Photo Charter event. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #southern401 #southernsteam #steamtrain #southernrailproductions #monticellorailwaymuseum
May 18, 2018 – Southern Steam engine 401 makes its way from the the Monticello Railway Museum, in to downtown Monticello, Illinois, during Southern Rail Productions two day Photo Charter event.
The Monticello Railway Museum, is an all-volunteer organization in central Illinois with an operational railroad main line yard open to the public.
They offer train rides on Saturdays and Sundays from May through October, regardless of weather conditions, as well as a number of special events throughout the year.
May 18, 2018 – Southern Steam engine 401 makes its way to Monticello , Illinois from Jim Pearson on Vimeo.
May 18, 2018 – Monticello Railway Museum’s Southern 401 pulls into the depot at Monticello, Illinois, during Southern Rail Production’s Photo Charter event. The engine is a 2-8-0 Consolidation class locomotive built for Southern Railway by Baldwin locomotive works in 1907. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #southern401 #southernsteam #steamtrain #southernrailproductions #monticellorailwaymuseum
May 18, 2018 – As the day starts to draw to a close, Southern Steam engine 401 pulls past Stair Tower at the Monticello Railway Museum, in Monticello, Illinois. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #southern401 #southernsteam #steamtrain #southernrailproductions #monticellorailwaymuseum
May 18, 2018 – Southern Steam engine 401 heads into downtown Monticello, Illinois, during Southern Rail Production’s Photo Charter event. It is a 2-8-0 Consolidation class locomotive built for Southern Railway by Baldwin locomotive works in 1907.
The Monticello Railway Museum, is an all-volunteer organization in central Illinois with an operational railroad main line yard open to the public.
They offer train rides on Saturdays and Sundays from May through October, regardless of weather conditions, as well as a number of special events throughout the year. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #southern401 #southernsteam #steamtrain #southernrailproductions #monticellorailwaymuseum
April 19, 2018 – CSX Q501-18 (Chicago to Nashville) had Norfolk Southern’s 911 unit, Honoring First Responders, as it passed under the signals at the south end of Henderson, Ky on its way south on the Henderson Subdivision. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #nsheritageunit
March 23, 2018 – A Chicago Transit Authority Rapid transit “L” train passes through the tower 18 interlocking in downtown Chicago, Illinois. For decades, the Tower 18 junction at Lake & Wells has been billed as one of the busiest railroad junctions in the world.
According to Wikipedia, The Chicago “L” (short for “elevated”) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). It is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 224.1 miles long, and the second-busiest rail mass transit system in the United States, after the New York City Subway.
Chicago’s “L” provides 24-hour service on some portions of its network, being one of only six rapid transit systems in the United States to do so. The oldest sections of the Chicago “L” started operations in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in the Americas, after New York City’s elevated lines.
The “L” has been credited with fostering the growth of Chicago’s dense city core that is one of the city’s distinguishing features. The “L” consists of eight rapid transit lines laid out in a spoke-hub distribution paradigm focusing transit towards the Loop. Although the “L” gained its name because large parts of the system are elevated, portions of the network are also in subway tunnels, at grade level, or open cut. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #commutertrains.
March 23, 2018 – A CTA Kimball line “L” train passes through the Tower 18 interlocking as it makes its rounds through the downtown Chicago, Illinois area at the beginning of rush hour. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #chicagotrains
March 22, 2018 – A South Shore Line Commuter train heads out of the Portage/Ogden Dunes station at Portage, Indiana on it’s way east. The South Shore Line (reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States.
The name refers to both the physical line and the service operated over that route. The line was built in 190108 by predecessors of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, which continues to operate freight service. Passenger operation was assumed by the NICTD in 1989. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #fujixt1 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #southshoreline #commutertrains
March 23, 2018 – A CTA “L” train heads through the canyons of downtown Chicago as it approaches the Tower 18 interlocking during the start of rush hour in downtown Chicago, Illinois. This intersection is one of the busiest ones on the Chicago “L” line that circles the downtown area and branches out to other points around the Chicago area. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #chicagotrains
March 23, 2018 – A CTA “L” train passes through the Tower 18 interlocking during the start of rush hour in downtown Chicago, Illinois. This intersection is one of the busiest ones on the Chicago “L” line that circles the downtown area and branches out to other points around the Chicago area. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #chicagotrains
March 23, 2018 – CTA Track workers get in a short amount of track time during the start of rush hour in downtown Chicago, Illinois at Tower 18 after #706 clears the interlocking and heads into the Clark/Lake Street Station, with another “L” train not too far behind it. The tower 18 intersection is one of the busiest ones on the Chicago “L” line that circles the downtown area and other points around the Chicago area. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #chicagotrains
March 23, 2018 – Three “L” Rapid transit trains pass through tower 18 junction, just down from the Chicago Transit Authorty’s Clark/Lake Street Station, during the evening rush hour in Chicago, Illinois. For decades, the Tower 18 junction at Lake & Wells was billed as the busiest railroad junction in the world. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #cta #commutertrains.
March 22, 2018 – A South Shore Line Commuter train arrives at the Portage/Ogden Dunes station at Portage, Indiana on it’s way east. The South Shore Line (reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States.
The name refers to both the physical line and the service operated over that route. The line was built in 1901-08 by predecessors of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, which continues to operate freight service. Passenger operation was assumed by the NICTD in 1989.
March 21, 2018 – The conductor on Amtrak 390 prepares to throw/check the switch to move the north bound Saluki onto the track next to the platform at Carbondale, Illinois to pickup it’s first passengers for the trip to Chicago. – #jimstrainphotos #illinoisrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #amtrak #passengertrain
February 24, 2018 – The rain pours from the sky as the conductor from Amtrak 391, The Saluki, stands beside his train at Carbondale, Illinois after arriving from Chicago via the CN Centralia Subdivision. One of the hardest things about shooting in the rain or other bad weather is just getting out the door! Many times it’s really worth it though! I always keep a golf umbrella in my SUV for times like this!