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Chicago!

  
  
Beyond the downtown/Union Station area, there's a lot of Amtrak and Metra activity in Chicago.  These pictures were taken almost a mile south of the station, most of them looking north.  It was a great spot for watching the trains go by.
    
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June
2003

Here are a few Amtrak P42 engines moving north.

June
2003

Another view of them

June
2003

Lots of Metra activity here - such as this train going south
June
2003
Looking to the south, it's Metra!

June
2003

Looking north again, here's a Metra train moving north, with the engine at the rear.

June
2003

It's a departing Michigan Services train.  First stop:  Hammond-Whiting, Indiana
June
2003
BNSF switcher
June
2003
The California Zephyr, heading out of Chicago
June
2003
Another image of the Zephyr
June
2003
Another Metra going north, engine at the rear
June
2003
The Metra train on the left is moving north, engine at the rear.  The Amtrak train on the right is the Southwest Chief, moving south.
  
  

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