KCS 4108 leads a mixed train through Joliet Yard on a nice late summer day.

KCS 4108 leads a mixed train through Joliet Yard on a nice late summer day.

KCS 4843 leads the M342 through Joliet Yard on its way to Kirk Yard in Gary. IC 1032 is seen in the distance waiting for the next assignment.

M342 waits at CP Rock for one outbound Metra train to cross the interlocker before proceeding south.

KCS 4843 leads the M342 through Joliet Yard on its way to Kirk Yard in Gary. The L509 with a pair of repainted SD70's waits for this to clear in the distance.

IC 1010 and 1036 roll back into the yard to be tied down after working the intermodal side of Joliet Yard.

After running from Riverdale to Ottawa the day before, the CSX Geo train returns east as it makes its way out of Joliet on a sunny morning.

Tom Golden photo.

Containers keep arriving via truck, and Union Pacific Mi-Jack No. 91001 keeps moving down the line and loading them into a well cars, at Joliet Intermodal Terminal (also known as Global IV) at Jol... (more)

A pair of EMD SD70ACe locomotives rest in the yard at Union Pacific’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal (also known as Global IV) at Joliet, Illinois, on the night of November 10, 2010.

IAIS 513, the Rock Island heritage unit, leads SIBI East through Joliet

We're high above Joliet as an Iowa Interstate Blue Island, IL to Council Bluffs, IA road freight makes its way out of downtown. The train is seen crossing CSX Bridge 407 and the Des Plaines River.... (more)

The famed IAIS 513 leading train SIBI across the Des Plaines River via Bridge 407 in Joliet.

The Rock Island heritage unit is in charge of the morning Iowa Interstate eastbound as it crosses Bridge 407 in Joliet. The Silvis-Blue Island train is exiting CSX New Rock Sub trackage and enteri... (more)

Joliet Union Station....where it all started for me as a kid. I have many fond memories of watching trains at that very platform, including what is shown in this photograph...Warbonnets. Nearly 26... (more)