Towns Along the Q
10 photos
Depicts the string of suburbs along the present day Metra BNSF train line, once known as the CB&Q or "Q."
2024 PNW Vancouver VIA Canadian
105 photos
We flew to Portland, took buses and trains to Seattle, then Vancouver, BC. Rode VIA Canadian passenger train to Edmonton. Flew to Minneapolis. Took Amtrak back to Chicago.
Political Signs
8 photos
Chicago - Streeterville
4 photos
North of Chicago River and east of Michigan Ave.
Northern Ireland
140 photos
Ireland
95 photos
Images here are from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Wales
21 photos
2023 U K and Ireland
292 photos
We flew to London. Attended a Cubs - Cardinals baseball game. Took train to Holyhead in Wales. Took ferry across to Dublin. Then toured Dublin, Belfast, Derry and other Irish and Northern Irish...
1960 Mackinac - Sault Ste. Marie
11 photos
In August, 1960, my grandmother took my brother George and me on a Great Lakes adventure. We rode the Milwaukee Road to Milwaukee, ate lunch at the elegant Mader's Restaurant (still there and still...
1967 St. Louis Train Trip
30 photos
In the summer of 1967 the Norfolk and Western assigned the open-platform observation car to the Banner Blue between Chicago and St. Louis. I rode down on Saturday, went to a Cardinals-Giants...
1967 Indiana and Dayton
24 photos
In August 1967, the summer after I graduated from high school, Bill Reynolds and I took a road trip in his 1961 Ford Falcon to Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio. Our main objective was to see and ride...
1967 Johnstown and Pittsburgh
55 photos
Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Traction Company was the last "small" transit property to operate trolley buses. By a fluke of circumstances my friend and I visited the property on November 11,...
1969 Soo Line to Argonne
22 photos
Soo Line still operated a mixed train (really a freight train where passengers rode in the caboose) between Neenah and Argonne, Wisconsin, in 1969. This set documents Al Johanson's and my ride on...
1969 Bus Companies in Transition
227 photos
I drove my mother's Volkswagen on a two week journey to New Jersey and back looking at small and not so small transit systems. It was a transitional time as nearly all were still privately owned but...
1970 Bus Companies in Transition
57 photos
After the success of my August 1969 tour of Mid-Atlantic transit properties I tried a second tour in January 1970. An additional purpose was to visit Kent State University to see if I wanted to go...
1970 To Council Bluffs and Back
15 photos
Al Johanson and I, realizing the era of independently operated passenger trains was coming to a close, rode the Corn Belt Rocket to Council Bluffs and then returned on (what was left of) the...
1976 Southern Railway in the Appalachians
62 photos
In October 1976 my buddy Bill Reynolds and I took a road trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, to ride the Southern Railway steam powered excursion train from Knoxville to Asheville, North Carolina and back....
1979 In search of Halethorpe Tower
25 photos
Ed Ellis and I spent a day along the B&O and CR Northeast Corridor. We searched in vain for Halethorpe Tower. The futility became the central feature of the day's humor.
1984 San Francisco
110 photos
Drew and I made a trip to San Francisco in August of 1984...my last "fling" before getting remarried. We took the train to Oakland, toured the city and transit system and flew home.
1984 Jackie and David's Honeymoon
71 photos
We flew to Washington DC, rented a car and drove up to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. We stayed in a funky century old hotel that has since been demolished. Took side trips around Maryland, Virginia...
1985 Around Lake Erie
101 photos
1986 Boston
198 photos
In 1986 we took the train to Boston for the NMRA convention and general sightseeing. Following our stay in Boston we rode the train to New York and flew home from Newark.
1987 Erie Islands
45 photos
1987 LaCrosse Red Wing
19 photos
Jackie and I took long weekend going up along the Mississippi River to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and and Red Wing, Minnesota.
1988 - Oshkosh Air Show
13 photos
In 1988 Twentieth Century Railroad Club ran a special train from Chicago to Oshkosh Air Show. The train ran on the Canadian Pacific to Duplainville, Wisconsin, then on Wisconsin Central to Oshkosh.
1988 East Coast
175 photos
Our 1988 family vacation took us across Ohio, through Pittsburgh, then across Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. Next we went to Atlantic City then drove down along the coast and Maryland's Eastern Shore...
1990 Upstate New York
156 photos
We drove around Lake Ontario. Drew and I first drove to Altoona, PA. Jackie took the Amtrak Broadway Ltd. and met us there. We proceeded through Pennslyvania and Upstate New York, returning...
1991 St. Louis Weekend
40 photos
We took a long weekend to and at St. Louis. We stopped at Starved Rock State Park then made our way down along the Illinois River to St. Louis.
1991 - South Dakota Wyoming Colorado Vacation
81 photos
We visited the Field of Dreams, Corn Palace, Badlands, Wall Drug, Black Hills, Devils Tower, Casper, Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde, Durango and Silverton Railroad, Mt. Evans, Pikes Peak...
1992 Baltimore & Outer Banks
77 photos
We took the Amtrak Cardinal to Baltimore. A ruptured grain elevator resulted in a reroute of the train that made us 12 hours late. We visited Baltimore and attended Orioles game, then took Amtrak...
1993 Pacific Northwest
84 photos
1994 Return to Harpers Ferry
25 photos
We drove to Akron and visited the site of the Soap Box Derby and the home of the Goodyear blimp. Then on across southwest Pennsylvania to Harpers Ferry, where we had taken our honeymoon 10 years...
1994 St. Louis
42 photos
Drew and I took the Amtrak train to St. Louis to visit my friend and business associate Tom Meyer.
1994 Sand Patch
46 photos
Drew and I set out in my brand new Ford Explorer to visit Sand Patch, the place in Southwest Pennsylvania where the CSX (former B&O) crests the Allegheny Mountains. We visited Toledo,...
1995 Grand Island, Nebraska
33 photos
It was a three way necessity of timing. In April the C&NW was taken over by the Union Pacific, Burlington Northern was about to merge with the Santa Fe Railroad, and the "choke point"...
1996 London & Scotland
281 photos
1997 Wisconsin Michigan Ontario
67 photos
1998 California Utah Arizona
164 photos
We took the Southwest Chief to Los Angeles then toured Southern California, Las Vegas and Southern Utah. Visited Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon National Parks. Returned to Las Vegas via...
1999 Mohonk Mountain House
20 photos
We took Amtrak to Poughkeepsie, New York and shuttle van up to the Mohonk Mountain House in the Catskill Mountains. Returned to Croton-Harmon and took Lake Shore Limited home.
1999 USPS Century Express
13 photos
United States Postal Service and Amtrak collaborated on an exhibition train named the Century Express that toured the U.S. during 1999 and 2000. I rode it from Washington, D.C. to Savannah, Georgia.
1999 England France Benelux
228 photos
2000 Utah Idaho Montana
82 photos
We rode the Amtrak California Zephyr to Salt Lake City, then rented a car and drove through Utah, Idaho, and Montana to Glacier National Park. We rode the Amtrak Empire Builder back to Chicago.
2001 Belgium Germany Switzerland
147 photos
2002 Maine and Maritime Provinces
79 photos
We flew to Portland, Maine, drove up the coast of Maine to Saint Johns, New Brunswick, then diagonally across New Brunswick. We picked our way across the east coast of New Brunswick, around P E I...
2003 Washington New York Philadelphia
245 photos
2003 Southern Illinois
113 photos
2004 Oregon Washington
203 photos
We toured Portland and Northwest Oregon as well as Tacoma, Washington. I investigated the streetcar systems as research for my Master Degree project.
2005 Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas
94 photos
As part of my Masters Degree project I investigated the streetcar systems in Memphis and Little Rock. We turned that investigation into our annual summer vacation.
2006 Ohio Pennsylvania
16 photos
2007 Paulina St. Walk
25 photos
We walked along Paulina St. from Illinois Medical District to Foster Ave.
2008 Rhode Island
123 photos
Our spring 2008 trip to Rhode Island with side forays into Connecticut and Massachusetts.
2008 California Oregon Crater Lake
109 photos
We flew to Oakland, drove up through North Central California and Southern Oregon. Ultimate destination was Crater Lake. Stayed in a hotel in the form of a tree house. Then drove back to Oakland...
2009-2011 Chicago to Milwaukee Walk
371 photos
Jackie and I walked from Chicago to Milwaukee. 100 miles, 24 communities, 2 states, 7 segments. We started on May 25, 2009 and finished on November 21, 2011.
2009 Yellowstone
479 photos
We flew to Denver, drove across Northern Colorado and Wyoming, visited Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, drove to Bozeman, Montana, and flew home.
2010 APTA Multimodal Tour
354 photos
American Public Transportation Association officials conduct a Multi Modal tour in conjunction with each convention or workshop. I attended the two day New York (and environs) tour and spent three...
2010 Charleston, South Carolina
116 photos
2010 Wilmington DE Ashland VA
136 photos, 1 video
For a spring "road trip" I took the Amtrak train to Wilmington, Delaware, and then on to Ashland, Virginia. The purpose of the trip was "trains, cigars, and beverages", to be...
2010 Desert Yosemite California
395 photos
We flew to Salt Lake City and rented a Jeep Wrangler. We drove across the desert along the route of the old Pony Express and Overland Stage trail. It was also the route of the Lincoln Highway...
2010 St. Louis
51 photos
We went to St. Louis for a wedding. I took a few hours nosing around the city and the transit system.
2011 Snowstorm
34 photos
2011 St. Louis
135 photos
Jackie and I took a four day weekend in St. Louis. We stayed in the Central West End neighborhood and walked extensively around the city.
2011 I R M Snowflake Special
36 photos, 1 video
Illinois Railway Museum ran its annual "Snowflake Special" as a fundraiser to preserve rapid transit cars soon to be retired from service by the Chicago Transit Authority. The train ran...
2011 Virginia North Carolina and Smoky Mountains
275 photos, 1 video
Our early fall road trip took us through Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. We saw the grave sites of my ancestors, hiked, and did general sightseeing.
2012 Lancaster County Walk
35 photos
I was born in Lancaster (Pennsylvania) General Hospital. I will ultimately be laid to rest at the Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Quarryville, 17 miles from Lancaster. Once...
2012 New England Vacation
467 photos
We flew to Boston and drove through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
2013 Canadian Rockies Vacation
203 photos
We flew to Calgary, a very flooded Calgary. We visited Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Jasper vicinity, Banff and Calgary itself before flying home.
2014 Harrisburg Philadelphia Trenton
94 photos
Took Amtrak to Harrisburg. Stayed at Bridgeview B&B, along Susquehanna River. Watched trains crossing the river on the Rockville Bridge. Visited my future gravesite at Middle Octorara...
2014 Los Angeles and Southwest
482 photos, 2 videos
We took the Southwest Chief to Los Angeles. Stayed in an Air B n B in Santa Monica, toured around movie star land but alas did not see Jennifer Garner. Went kayaking in the Pacific Ocean. Spent a...
2015 Belden Ave. Walk
61 photos
I walked from Harlem Ave. to Lincoln Park along Belden Ave. First day from Harlem to Logan Square; second day from Logan Square through DePaul campus to Lincoln Park
2015 Ohio New York Pennsylvania
321 photos
Automobile trip from Chicago to Lenox, Massachusetts and back through Indiana, Ohio New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
2016 Across Missouri
248 photos
We took a road trip across Missouri in search of my ancestral homes and the gravesites of my ancestors.
2016 Archer Ave. Walk
33 photos
Three of us walked the length of Archer Ave. (Chicago portion) from Harlem Ave. to State St.
2016 Hegewisch to Edison Park Walk
144 photos
During 2016 I walked diagonally across the city of Chicago, from Hegewisch on the far Southeast to Edison Park on the far Northwest. I did it in seven segments.
2016 Indiana & Southern Ohio
82 photos
Crossed Indiana and Southern Ohio. Touched Northern Kentucky. Attended Cubs game at Riverfront Stadium.
2016 Portland Tacoma Seattle
204 photos
We flew to Portland. Visited family. I toured the transit system. Took the Amtrak Cascade train to Tacoma and visited more family. I rode the Tacoma Link streetcar and toured the Seattle transit...
2016 Ottawa Montreal Quebec
249 photos
We rode the train from Chicago to Buffalo to Ottawa to Montreal to Quebec City to Montreal to Schenectady and back to Chicago.
2017 Miami and Florida Keys
88 photos
We flew to Ft. Lauderdale. Drove through Miami to Homestead, Florida. Then to Key West. Took boat to Dry Tortugas National Park. Returned to Miami Beach and flew home.
2016 47th Street Walk
32 photos
I walked with friends the length of 47th Street on Chicago's South Side.
2016 U S 34 Road Trip
252 photos
I drove west on U.S 34 as far as York, Nebraska, then returned along U. S. 30.
2017 26th St. Blue Island Walk
28 photos
Three friends and I walked from the end of the CTA Pink Line to Pilsen along 26th St. and Blue Island Ave.
2017 Across Pennsylvania
173 photos
I took the train to Pittsburgh and rented a car. Drove to Lancaster County. Visited friends and family. Took a side trip into Philadelphia to tour the transit system. Drove north to Scranton/Wilkes...
2017 Indiana and Cincinnati
148 photos
Road trip through Indiana to Cincinnati. Went to Cincinnati primarily to watch the Chicago Cubs at Great American Ball Park and to ride the newly opened streetcar.
2017 Denver and Rocky Mountain National Park
108 photos
We took the Amtrak train to Denver. Went up to Estes Park. Hiked in Rockies. Returned to Denver and rode Amtrak home.
2017 Iowa Nebraska Solar Eclipse
114 photos
Al Johanson and I drove across Iowa and Nebraska to find the best vantage point for viewing the solar eclipse.
2017 Missouri Kansas and U S 24
118 photos
Road trip through Missouri and Kansas crossing Missouri on U S Highway 24.
2018 Gulf Coast
132 photos
We flew to Jacksonville, rented a car and drove across the Gulf Coast to New Orleans. Took Amtrak City of New Orleans home.
2018 Armitage Avenue Walk
34 photos
Our walking group walked the length of (commercial) Artmitage Avenue from Latrobe Avenue to Clark Street.
2018 Lincoln Avenue Walk
24 photos
I walked with several friends the length of Lincoln Avenue from Morton Grove, Illinois to the south end at Armitage Avenue and Clark Street.
2018 St.Paul and Minneapolis
54 photos
We had tickets to a White Sox-Twins baseball game in April. Game was postponed because of big snowstorm. We went to St. Paul/Minneapolis anyway. Game was rescheduled for late September. We...
2018 Southwest Ohio
63 photos
In May 2018 we drove to southwest Ohio. Stayed at a B&B in Yellow Springs. Visited Wright Brothers bicycle shop and USAF hall of fame. Then rode special train trip from Springfield to Lima...
2018 England & Wales
379 photos
We flew to Manchester. Took the train to Cardiff and then Bristol. Rented a car. Went to South Wales, Cotswolds, Bath, Cheddar Gorge, and Exeter. Took a train to Penzance. Spent three days in...
2019 Gulf Coast Part 2
185 photos, 2 videos
Part 2 of our Gulf Coast exploration. This year from New Orleans to Houston.
2019 Across Pennsylvania
105 photos
We drove to Reading, Pennyslvania, to ride a steam-powered excursion train from Reading to Jim Thorpe.
2019 La Plata, Missouri road trip
78 photos, 1 video
Drew and I drove from Princeton, Illinois, to La Plata, Missouri, to visit the railroad themed hotel and view operations of the BNSF railroad.
2020 Georgia, Alabama and the Civil Rights Trail
177 photos
We flew to Jacksonville, rented a car, and drove back to Chicago through Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.
2020 Illinois & Turkey Run State Park
74 photos
2020 Toledo & Sandusky Peninsula
85 photos
Our intention was to attend the LPGA Marathon tournament in Toledo, but due to Covid they didn't allow spectators. We instead toured around N E Indiana and N W Ohio.
2020 to Philadelphia and Back
186 photos
We drove across Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Where we could we stayed in historic hotels or Bed & Breakfasts.
2020 Lafayette & Turkey Run State Park
55 photos
2021 Wabash and North Central Indiana
52 photos
We took a getaway mid-week time in Wabash, Huntington and Peru, Indiana. Stayed at a lovely refurbished 1920s era hotel named the Charley Creek Inn in charming downtown Wabash.
2021 Washington and New York
543 photos
I took the Lake Shore Limited Chicago - New York. Went to D C via Trenton, Philadelphia and Wilmington. Four days in D C. Then back up the Corridor to New York. Three days in New York. Took Lake...
2021 PNW to Chicago Road Trip
345 photos
We flew to Sea-Tac. Visited brother and sisters. Rode Amtrak Cascades from Tacoma to Vancouver, Washington. Then rented a car and drove back to Chicago.
2022 New York New Jersey Pennsylvania
177 photos, 2 videos
We flew to Newark. Spent 3 days in New York and vicinity. Drove across northern New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania. Rode RBMN #2102 excursion train. Visited southeast Pennsylvania. Rode...
2022 South Atlantic Coast
316 photos
We took the Amtrak to Washington DC, then Jacksonville, Florida. Explored coastal islands off Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Then drove back to Chicago.
2022 Transcontinental Road Trip
223 photos
Friends needed their car driven to Silicon Valley. We volunteered and got a one-way road trip out of the deal.
2022 Colorado Oklahoma Texas
175 photos
2023 North Carolina & Virginia
143 photos
We continued our exploration of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. We drove from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Norfolk, Virginia.
Advertisements
60 photos
Airplanes and Aviation
193 photos, 1 video
Alabama
158 photos
Alberta
161 photos
I visited Edmonton and Calgary in the dead of winter (is there a better time) to meet with Canadian National Railway and to participate in customer receptions. I took the opportunity to tour the...
Alberta Transit
17 photos
Amtrak
1010 photos
APTA Multimodal Operations Workshop
160 photos
The 2009 American Public Transportation Association Multimodal Operations Workshop was held in Salt Lake City but with a side trip to Denver's Front Range. This set covers the 18 hour Front Range...
Arizona
34 photos
Arkansas
39 photos
Arkansas Transit
12 photos
AT&SF Railroad
95 photos
Automobiles
84 photos
These are the automobiles that I have owned. It is not a complete collection. I have no photos of my 1965 Corvair or my 1960 Oldsmobile that I owned during 1970 and 1971.
Baltimore
116 photos
Baltimore Transit
109 photos
Baltimore & Ohio RR
94 photos
Baseball
440 photos
Beer
157 photos
Belgium
94 photos
Belt Rwy of Chicago
31 photos
Bensenville
10 photos
Birdhouses
47 photos
Bloomingdale Embankment Hike
24 photos
We walked along the train embankment that runs from Ashland Ave to near Pulaski Rd.
Blue Island, Illinois
103 photos
BNSF Railroad
948 photos, 2 videos
The company was created by consolidation of the former Burlington Northern and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads in July of 1995.
Boston Transit
248 photos
Brick
72 photos
Bridges
138 photos
British Columbia
94 photos
Bronzeville
9 photos
Brooklyn
16 photos
Buffalo Transit
5 photos
Bumper Stickers
21 photos
Burlington Northern RR
490 photos
The company maintained this identity from the merger of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, CB&Q, and SP&S railroads in 1970 until merger with the AT&SF Railway in 1995.
California
559 photos, 1 video
Canada
81 photos
Canadian National Railway
132 photos
CPKC Railroad
114 photos
Was Canadian Pacfic Railway until April 14, 2023. On that date the company merged with the Kansas City Southern Railway to form CPKC Railroad.
Casper, Wyoming
64 photos
Central Electric Railfans' Association
58 photos
Central Electric Railfans' Association is an organization devoted to the study of the history and technology of electric railways. The group occasionally charters streetcars or electric railroad...
Chicago
4919 photos, 3 videos
Scenes around Chicago, old and new.
Chicago Blackhawks
24 photos
Chicagoland Calumet Region
195 photos
In and around Lake Calumet, the Calumet River, Wolf Lake, South Chicago, Hegewisch, East Side, and Northwest Indiana (Hammond/Whiting/East Chicago).
Chicago Fulton Market
35 photos
Chicago - Lincoln Park
89 photos
Chicago - Motor Row
25 photos
Chicago - Pilsen
40 photos
Neighborhood on the Lower West Side of Chicago. Occupied and named by Czechs from the 1870s until the 1970s. Occupied by Hispanics for the last 40+ years. Now starting to gentrify. Neighborhood is...
Chicago - Pullman
6 photos
Pullman National Monument and adjacent neighborhoods. George Pullman established a railroad car building works on Chicago's Far South Side along with a company town for managers and laborers.
Chicago - River North
431 photos
Chicago South Loop
343 photos
Chicago Sports
295 photos
Chicago sports teams. Activities and venues.
Chicago - Streeterville
38 photos
Chicago Suburbs
1304 photos, 1 video
Chicago Transit
2780 photos, 3 videos
Chicago Waterway System
416 photos
Lake Michigan, the Calumet River, the Cal-Sag Channel, the Sanitary and Ship Canal, and the Chicago River form a continuous waterway system. Periodically a sightseeing boat makes the circuit...
C&NW Railroad
361 photos
The C&NW is especially important to me. I worked there twice...first between high school and college and then for another two years after college.
CB&Q RR
184 photos
"The Burlington" was the railroad of my childhood and early adulthood. Between the ages of 4 and 28 I never lived out of earshot of the "the Q" (or successor Burlington...
Cincinnati
85 photos
Queen City on the Ohio River.
CGW RR
14 photos
Civil Rights Trail
37 photos
We followed the Civil Rights trail through Alabama. Stopped at Tuskegee, Selma, Montgomery and Birmingham.
Cleveland
109 photos
Cleveland Transit
145 photos
Colleges and Universities
6 photos
Colorado
496 photos
Colorado Transit
50 photos
Transit vehicles, facilities and operation in the state of Colorado.
Compass Consolidators
21 photos
A freight forwarding company where I worked from 1979 through 1987.
Connecticut
44 photos
Conrail
146 photos
Crater Lake
27 photos
CSX and Predecessor RRs
531 photos
CTA Wells St. Bridge Construction Reroutes
61 photos
In March, 2013, the bridge carrying the CTA Brown Line and Purple Line into downtown Chicago was closed for reconstruction. On the weekends CTA also closed the Lake/Wells rapid transit crossing for...
Delaware
67 photos, 1 video
Delaware & Hudson RR
12 photos
Decay
18 photos
Detroit
164 photos
Deutschland
71 photos
Domestic
9 photos
Around the house.
Downers Grove
101 photos
DuPage County
353 photos, 1 video
Eateries
688 photos
EJ&E Railroad
42 photos
Electro-Motive
30 photos
Electro-Motive built locomotives in LaGrange from 1935 until 1991. They periodically held open houses to display their historical and new products.
Elgin Illinois
55 photos
Erie Lackawanna RR
78 photos
European Transit
37 photos
Family
705 photos
Family - Eckholm
442 photos, 1 video
Family - Jack and Helen Malcolmson
27 photos
Family - Malcolmson
7 photos
Family - McNichols
73 photos
Family - Six Generations
27 photos
From George and Minnie Baity and James and Katherine Malcolmson through Leah and Evan Wilson, this set chronicles six generations of my family.
First United Church Mission Trip
43 photos
Flora and Fauna
768 photos, 2 videos
Florida
228 photos
Forest Park, Illinois
93 photos
Forgotten Chicago Tours
120 photos
Forgotten Chicago is a group that conducts tours of places with insightful narrative about the buildings and neighborhoods. The group also hosts an informative website about Chicago and its...
Fox Valley Illinois
376 photos
Friends
260 photos
Funiculars
14 photos
Funiculars. That is the fancy term for incline plane railways or "inclines."
Gas Stations
141 photos
Georgia
153 photos
Ghost Signs
156 photos
GM&O RR
25 photos
Grain Elevators
168 photos
Grand Canyon
11 photos
Great Britain Except London
396 photos
Greenfield Village
42 photos
GTW Railroad
58 photos
Hamilton Transit
9 photos
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
83 photos
Harper's Ferry is one of my favorite places I have ever visited. Jackie and I took our honeymoon there.
Highways and Roads
109 photos
Historic Events Places and People
793 photos
Hotels and Motels
646 photos
Hyde Park
40 photos
We took a walking tour of Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side. These are photos I took on the way there, in Hyde Park, and on the way home.
Idaho
56 photos
Illinois
1695 photos, 2 videos
Encompassing Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Illinois & Michigan Canal
9 photos
Illinois Central Railroad
95 photos
Illinois Central, Illinois Central Gulf, and Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroads.
Illinois Railway Museum
132 photos
Illinois Railway Museum, located in Union, Illinois, maintains and displays a vast collection of railroad, urban transit, and interurban railroad artifacts, many of them restored and operable...
Illinois Transit
73 photos
Indiana
597 photos
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
51 photos
Indiana Transit
62 photos
Intermodal Expo
17 photos
During the 1990's the annual Intermodal Expo was held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Several thousand people from the intermodal industry would gather to learn about new products,...
Inter-City Bus
4 photos
Interurbans
179 photos
Interurbans were intercity (or sometimes suburban) electric railways that operated generally between 1900 and 1940. This set generally documents the archeology of them since nearly all were gone...
Iowa
821 photos, 1 video
Jackie and David's Wedding, September 8, 1984
96 photos
We were married at the Parkview Presbyterian Church in Oak Park. Our reception was at Leslie Marino and Rich Lessor's big old Victorian house on East Avenue in Oak Park.
Jackie and David's Honeymoon September 1984
73 photos
Jaycees
5 photos
Joliet, Illinois
78 photos
Kansas
45 photos
Kansas City Transit
36 photos
Kenosha Wisconsin
116 photos
Kenosha, located half way between Chicago and Milwaukee, reinvented itself in the wake of the loss of its major industry, American Motors Corporation. The formerly industrial waterfront has been...
Kent State University
123 photos
I attended Kent State University from September of 1970 through June of 1973. This set consists of photos that I took while going to school there as well as on subsequent visits. I have also...
Kentucky
67 photos
Kress Stores
24 photos
S H Kress & Company operated a chain of retail stores between 1896 and 1981. The distinctive facades featured the Kress & Company name.
La Grange
156 photos
Lake Michigan Car Ferry
15 photos
Lancaster County
204 photos
Leah's 4th Birthday
1 photo
Leah's 4th Birthday Party at Chuck E Cheese.
Lincoln Highway
9 photos
London
188 photos
Long Island Rail Road
69 photos
Los Angeles Transit
114 photos
Los Angeles vicinity
279 photos
Louisiana
166 photos, 2 videos
Louisiana Transit
42 photos
LPGA Golf
36 photos
Ladies Professional Golf Association tournaments.
Lustron Homes
15 photos
Between 1948 and 1950 Lustron Corporation manufactured 2,500 enameled steel houses. They were erected in 36 states and in Venezuela.
Lyons, Illinois
34 photos
Madison and Waupaca July 2009
45 photos
Main Street Blue Island
14 photos
During the summer of 2006 I was the Executive Director of Main Street Blue Island. MSBI was part of a national organization devoted to celebrating traditional main street architecture and mobilizing...
Maine
165 photos
Maritime
22 photos
Maritime Provinces
34 photos
Maryland
185 photos
Masonic Temples and Lodges
2 photos
Massachusetts
272 photos
Maxwell Street
18 photos
We took a walk along Halsted St. from Roosevelt Rd. to Maxwell St. It was just before University of Illinois at Chicago began acquiring the property for redevelopment. Maxwell St. itself was a mere...
Metra
666 photos, 1 video
Metra is the Chicago's regional passenger rail system. It generally operates its services on the tracks of privately owned railroad companies. Chicago's regional passenger rail services have been...
Metra Pub Crawls
90 photos
Mexico
2 photos
Miami Transit
13 photos
Michigan
370 photos
Michigan Transit
59 photos
Transit systems in the state of Michigan
Milwaukee
88 photos
Pictures from Jackie's and my St. Valentines Day trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Road RR
102 photos
Minnesota
150 photos, 1 video
Minnesota Transit
29 photos
Misc Railroads
574 photos
Misc. Transit
175 photos
Mississippi
2 photos
Missouri
356 photos
Model Railroads
69 photos
Monon Railroad
8 photos
Montana
209 photos
Montreal Transit
43 photos
Mother's Jewels Home
13 photos
Mountain Hikes
271 photos
Since 1992 Jackie and I have climbed various 14,000+ ft. peaks...all in Colorado so far. We have done other mountain hikes in other places. We don't use crampons and hooks and ropes. We only...
Murals
502 photos
Museums
818 photos, 1 video
Museum of Transportation, St. Louis
11 photos
Nebraska
163 photos
Netherlands
61 photos
Nevada
141 photos
New Hampshire
128 photos
New Haven RR
48 photos
New Jersey
292 photos
New Jersey Transit
356 photos
Not just the agency named New Jersey Transit, but images of transit operations and facilities throughout the State of New Jersey.
New Mexico
31 photos, 1 video
New Urbanist Developments
45 photos
New York Central Railroad
26 photos
New York City
860 photos
New York City Transit
459 photos
Transit operations and facilities in the New York metro area except New Jersey. New Jersey pics are in their own set.
New York state
282 photos
Pictures in the state of New York outside of New York City.
New York State Transit
5 photos
Transit systems in the state of New York other than New York City metro area.
Norfolk & Western RR
58 photos
Norfolk Southern RR
194 photos, 1 video
North Carolina
318 photos, 1 video
North Dakota
48 photos
Northeast Corridor
223 photos
Northern Pacific Railroad
11 photos
The Northern Pacific Railroad was absorbed into the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970. Its memory lives on through relics across the Pacific Northwest.
Northwest Indiana
17 photos
Oak Park, Illinois
835 photos
Obsolete
127 photos
Ogden Ave Viaduct and Goose Island
63 photos
In November 1990 my friend and I walked extensively around the Ogden Ave Viaduct and Goose Island. This set contains the photos I took on that walk.
Ohio
899 photos
Ohio Transit
126 photos
Oklahoma
53 photos
Omnibus Society of America
161 photos
Ontario
79 photos
Oops!
5 photos
Accidents, wrecks crashes, etc.
Oregon
267 photos
Oregon Transit
184 photos
Overseas Railroads
196 photos
Pandemic
50 photos
Paris
25 photos
Penn Central RR
50 photos
Pennsylvania
538 photos, 1 video
Pennsylvania RR
91 photos
Pennsylvania Transit
110 photos
Transit systems in the state of Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh or Philadelphia
Philadelphia
112 photos
Philadelphia Transit
746 photos
Photos of transit operations in an around Philadelphia from 1966 to the present.
Pittsburgh
224 photos
Pittsburgh Transit
540 photos
Postcards
10 photos
Presidents and Presidential Sites
66 photos
Presbyterian Church
123 photos
Princeton, Illinois
230 photos
Princeton to Oak Park Walk
316 photos
We set out to walk from Princeton, Illinois, to our house in Oak Park. Depending on the specifics of the route, the distance will be 110 to 120 miles, taking us through towns of Princeton,...
Printers Row and South Loop
35 photos
Quad Cities Illinois Iowa
224 photos
Photos in and around the Quad Cities. Sometimes now known as the Quint Cities: Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, and Bettendorf. There are more towns in the immediate vicnity: Silvis,...
Quebec Province
205 photos
Photos of the Province of Quebec
Radburn, New Jersey
19 photos
"The town for the motor age", Radburn, New Jersey, was established in 1928. Planners sought to separate motor vehicles and pedestrians and promote social reform in this delightful planned...
Reading RR
52 photos, 1 video
Regional Railroads
138 photos, 1 video
Rhode Island
148 photos
Riverside, Illinois
224 photos
Riverside was my home in 1954-55, 1958-1978 and then in 1980-81. The village is one of America's first planned communities, having been laid out by Fredrick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux in 1869. ...
Roadside America
43 photos
Miniature (O scale) railroad and community covers 6,000 square feet and contains a slice of America as it was idealized in the 1930s through the 1950s. This is a MUST SEE attraction.
Rock Island Railroad
83 photos
Sacramento Transit
25 photos
Salt Lake City Transit
8 photos
San Diego Transit
18 photos
San Francisco Bay Area
55 photos
San Francisco Bay Area Transit
247 photos
Sears Mail Order Houses
19 photos
Sears, Roebuck and Company sold mail order houses through their catalogs between 1908 and 1940. Customers could order the materials in instructions through the catalog, then the materials would be...
Seattle and the state of Washington
207 photos
Seattle and Tacoma Transit
116 photos
Seattle has among the most modally diverse transit systems, incorporating regional rail, light rail, bus, trolley-bus, streetcar, ferryboat, and monorail operations. Tacoma has its own rail transit...
Signs
595 photos, 1 video
Signs of the Times
69 photos
Signs and symbols depicting change taking place around us.
Silver Spring, MD
14 photos
Sky
78 photos
Soo Line RR
70 photos
South Carolina
189 photos
South Dakota
14 photos
South Shore South Chicago Tour 20100619
27 photos
A group of us toured Chicago's South Shore, South Chicago and Hegewisch neighborhoods.
South Shore Line
245 photos
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad and its successors Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District and Chicago Southshore and South Bend RR
South Suburbs Tour 20100410
35 photos
Several of us rented a van a took a tour of Chicago's South Side and South Suburbs. We visited Gresham, Beverly, Blue Island, Posen, Harvey (including the the defunct Dixie Square Shopping Mall),...
Southern Pacific RR
49 photos
Southern Railway
119 photos
I worked for Southern Railway from 1975 to 1979, first in the Chicago sales office and then at the headquarters in Washington, DC.
State Capitol Buildings
103 photos
Steam
127 photos, 1 video
Steel
162 photos
St. Louis Transit
66 photos
St. Louis, Missouri
319 photos
Store Fronts
41 photos
Summer
7 photos
Switzerland
48 photos
Telephones
82 photos
Tennessee
110 photos
Tennessee Transit
41 photos
Texas
209 photos
Texas Transit
96 photos
Theaters
163 photos
Toronto Transit
242 photos
Towns and Places
217 photos
Transcontinental Road Trip - 1983
34 photos
My mother passed away in Carmel, California. She had a lot of stuff. I rented a truck to bring a lot of it back to Chicago. Jackie came out to help me get things settled in California. We...
Turtles
81 photos
Union Pacific RR
513 photos
United Kingdom Railroads
158 photos
United Kingdom Transit
101 photos
University of Illinois at Chicago
51 photos
I studied at UIC for three years, 2003 through 2006, attaining a Masters of Urban Planning and Policy degree.
U S Highway 6
45 photos
U.S. Highway 24
44 photos
U S Highway 30
1 photo
U.S. Highway 34
69 photos
U.S. 34 runs from Riverside, Illinois through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado to Granby, Colorado.
U S Highway 40
29 photos
U.S. 40 Revisited
26 photos
In 1953 George R. Stewart published "U.S. 40 - Cross Section of the United States of America." In that book he took a series of photographs as he travelled cross country on U.S. Highway. ...
U S Highway 66
32 photos
Utah
195 photos
Vermont
94 photos
VIA Rail Canada
43 photos
Vintage Industry
164 photos
Virginia
235 photos
Wagon Wheel Lodge
18 photos
Back in the day the Wagon Wheel was a nationally known resort attracting top entertainment figures. It featured a hotel, several bars, two swimming pools, a golf course, a miniature train, a ski...
A Walk from Edison Park to the Loop
79 photos
Washington DC
219 photos
Washington, DC Transit
174 photos
Washington State
54 photos
Waupaca
55 photos
West of the town of Waupaca, Wisconsin, is the Chain O' Lakes, 22 spring fed lakes. Eckholms and McNichols have vacationed there for decades.
Way of the Cross
15 photos
Proposed locations for prayer and contemplation commemorating the last hours of Jesus' life.
Weather
16 photos
Weddings
184 photos
West Virginia
124 photos
Wheeling & Lake Erie RR
2 photos
Whimsical
697 photos
Windmills
40 photos
Winnipeg, Manitoba
5 photos
I flew to Winnipeg, then rode the VIA Canadian train overnight to Edmonton.
Winter
343 photos
Wisconsin
558 photos
Wisconsin Central RR
330 photos
The original Wisconsin Central was operated as part of Soo Line between 1906 and 1960. In 1987 Soo Line, following purchase of the Milwaukee Road, spun off the former WC trackage and the new...
Wisconsin Transit
120 photos
Wisdom
39 photos
Wolf Road Prairie
22 photos
In the late 1920's real estate developers acquired farmland west of Chicago to subdivide for residential development. They named their subdivision Westchester. The great depression set in just as...
Work
3 photos
Pictures taken in the course of doing my job.
Wyoming
210 photos
Yosemite National Park
57 photos