Three, sometimes four days a week, Ron Keller drives to Naperville’s downtown train station. No ticket in hand, his only chattel is a folding chair. Keller doesn’t go to the tracks to travel. He goes ...

As hobbies go, trainspotting is just as valid a choice as any — we don’t judge. But it does present certain logistical challenges, such as having to be in visual range of a train to be able to spot it ...