Waiting in the sun...

A Sounder commuter train sits in the afternoon sun  at King Street Station waiting to depart on its run from Seattle to Tacoma on a beautiful spring day in 2015 led by an EMD F59PHI.

On the way home...

A Sound Transit commuter train is departing the Tukwila station on its way to Tacoma on a clear spring day in Seattle.

Heading to work...

A morning commuter train traveling from Big Lake to Minneapolis, MN. The station in Minneapolis is at Target Field where the Minnesota Twins play baseball.

The Arrival

A Sounder Commuter train on a run from Tacoma to Seattle comes to a stop at the Sumner, Washington station on a beautiful spring day in 2015.

It's coming to take me away...

A Sounder Commuter train arrives in Kent, Washington on its afternoon journey from Seattle to Tacoma on a beautiful spring day in 2015.

Flying through New Lenox on a sad morning

A Chicago Metra commuter train on the Rock Island line flies through New Lenox  outbound on its way to Joliet at sunrise. It was a sad morning waking up to the news of the Las Vegas tragedy that happened the night before.

A Wet Day in Chicago

Metra train at Big Timber, a photo by Dornoff Photography on Flickr.

As mentioned in my previous post, in April I attended the national convention for the American Planning Association in Chicago.

On the final day I took the "Behind the Scenes of Union Station" Tour and then had the afternoon to explore. The area was being hit by severe thundershowers so I decided to take a METRA train from Union Station so I could be dry for a couple hours.

I took the train out to Big Timber which is right outside the town of Elgin. I irony of going out on this route is that I almost moved to the area about three years ago before something fell through (which turned out to be a blessing in multiple ways).

I was able to take a couple of pictures while the train laid over at Big Timber before the rain started to fall again.

The next day I was supposed to fly to Detroit to visit my Aunt whose only child (and someone I had spent a lot of time with in the summers growing up) had passed away earlier in the year,

However, because of severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the area I couldn't make the trip.

Would you eat at this restaurant?

Chinese Buffet in Ogden
Originally uploaded by Dornoff Photography

In my last entry I showed I picture I took in Ogden just before getting back on the commuter train in order to return to Salt Lake City.

This picture was actually taken a little earlier in the day. After arriving in Ogden I caught a couple of buses in order to get up to the Ogden sign which crosses Washington Blvd where the street crosses the Ogden river.

After taking pictures of the Ogden River area I started heading south on Washington Blvd taking pictures. It was about an hour before I was going to eat lunch but was looking for someplace that look appetizing. Some of my favorite foods are Chinese and I like buffets because I can get the items I want.

Well, during the walk I encountered this buffet place which sits across from the LDS temple. Well it was Chinese and it was a buffet but....

If you take a close look at the picture part of the canopy is falling down and the building is in bad need of a repaint. Finally all the vegetation around the building is dead or dying.

Needless to say I kept walking...