This beautiful all-color book featuring classic railroad photography in the Chicago area by award-winning author and photographer Robert P. Olmsted. It covers the periods between 1956-1966 and 1984-96, and includes B&O, CBQ, NKP and Grand Trunk Western steam, plus Erie, Baltimore & Ohio, Nickel Plate, Chicago Great Western, Pennsylvania Railroad, Rock Island, New York Central, Soo Line, Illinois Central, Conrail, Burlington Northern, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 3 types of Chicago, South Shore & South Bend electrics, Chicago & Northwestern, Santa Fe, RTA/METRA, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific, Amtrak and Canadian Pacific.

Some of the locations included in the book are: Hammond (IN), Elsdon Yard, Barr Yard, Roosevelt Road Viaduct, La Salle Street Station Yards, Union Station Yards, Chicago Transfer Yard, Berwyn, East Chicago (IN), Kensington, Hinsdale, Bellwood, 18th Street, Geneva, Aurora, Eola Yard, Canal Street, West Chicago, Bensenville, Lockport, Lemont.