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 29, 2018 – CSX intermodal Q029-29 approaches the north end of the siding at Romney as it heads south at Nortonville, Ky. Construction combining the sidings at Romney and Nortonville continues with the ties being laid up to the north switch at Romney and rail starting to be laid. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 28, 2018 – A RJ Corman track crew offloads ties from a Paducah and Louisville Railway work train as it heads north through Richland, Ky. – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway pal #palrailway #paducahandlouisvillerailway
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
March 15, 2018 – A empty westbound Norfolk Southern coal train passes through Hatfield Junction outside of Oakland City, Indiana with Union Pacific 8997 bringing up the rear as the last DPU on the NS Southern-East District. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsrailway #unionpacific #uprailway
March 17, 2018 – CSX Q647 heads into the north end of Romney siding with ex-Santa Fe 4272 trailing as the last unit, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky. The SOO Line hopper and CSXT #10 was an added bonus! Thanks to Ryan Collins for the heads up!! – #jimstrainphotos #kentuckyrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
March 15, 2018 – Norfolk Southern Heritage Unit 8114 is leads empty autorack 239, with NS 9122 trailing, at Birdseye, Indiana as it heads west to Kansas City, MO. – #jimstrainphotos #indianarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #ns #nsheritageunit #nsrailway #heritageunit
