Chicago, September 2023

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A perpetually running water fountain in Promontory Point Park, overlooking Lake Michigan
Waves on the lake crashing into the rocks
The obligatory shot of the Wrigley Field sign
A Metra train crossing the single block stretch of Milwaukee Avenue under the lead to the Ogilvie Transportation Center
The abandoned Chicago and Northwestern Bridge from Canal Street, on the former line to Wells Street Station
The other end of the Wells Street Station lead, underneath the viaduct into OTC
Marina City and surrounding towers, taken from the Wacker Drive side of the river
The LaSalle Street bridge, taken from the Clark Street Bridge
The last remnants of the Wells Street Station, now Carrol Avenue
Streetscape down Franklin Street from the north side of Merchandise Mart
The southern approach to Union Station, taken from the Roosevelt Road overpass
An Amtrak Midwest Service (most likely Wolverine 351) coming into Union Station
The skyline from the south, with the raised bridges of the St. Charles Air Line
Train 390, the Saluki, passes Ping Tom Park on the final leg of its run into Chicago
The Saluki makes the reverse move across the 21st Street diamond and across the river
CN 1004 leads a freight over the crossing at the entrance to Ping Tom Park
The Chinatown Gateway at Cermak and Wentworth
Lower Wacker Drive, under the Michigan Avenue intersection
The Chicago River at night, near the Jackson Boulevard entrance of Union Station
The bus terminal at Union Station, nearly deserted at this time of night
Metra 119 leading a BNSF line train west out of Hollywood Station
Metra 189 and a fellow F40PHM-2 shove east out of Brookfield Station
UP 7265 leads an intermodal train on the Indiana Harbor Belt mainline through LaGrange
An IHB local framed by trees
IHB 1500 and slug PB-2 take the local through LaGrange on the way to Blue Island
Safety signage at a suburban crossing on the IHB mainline
BNSF 6919 takes a mixed freight through Congress Park station
Metra 195 makes a Sunday evening run to Aurora
A BNSF work train brings new ties through Brookfield
Dearborn Station on Polk Street, once the terminal for Santa Fe, the C&EI, Erie, Grand Trunk, Monon, and Wabash, is now preserved as a shopping center
What was once the platform area of Dearborn Station is now a leafy park
The tiny entrance kiosk to the State Street Subway's Harrison station at the end of Polk Street
An Orange Line train takes the S-curve over 12th Street on the way to the Loop
A view down the end of Ida B. Wells Drive towards the west
The Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park
The fleet of the Chicago Yacht Club
A particularly nonchalant seagull rests on the edge of Queen's Landing
The Centennial Wheel on Navy Pier, taken from Queen's Landing
The Guimard entrance to Van Buren Street station
A South Shore Line train slows to a stop at Van Buren Street
A Green Line train crosses through Tower 12 at the south end of the Loop, above Wabash and Van Buren
A Blue Line train makes its way into Division station
A Green Line train stops at Clark/Lake
The C&NW Bridge, taken from the Green Line on the Lake Street Bridge
Metra trains wait under the shed of the Ogilvie Transportation Center
Across the street from high-rises, the Blommer Chocolate Company factory's spur makes up part of the tangle of tracks leading out of Union Station and OTC
Metra 94, an ex-GO Transit F59PH, pushes a train into Union Station's north approach
Another Metra Milwaukee lines train enters Union Station
Plexiglass flowers adorn the streetscape on South Wacker
One of the last signs for Route 66's eastern run outside Union Station
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