Finding the last pocket of sunlight on a fading summer evening, newly rebuilt Metra 134 screams out of its Glen Ellyn station stop, producing quite the smoke spectacle.

After traversing NS over the cover of darkness, BNs empties for North Antelope Mine in Wyoming are seen making their way down the BNSF Racetrack with a rebuilt 70mac up front.

CSX 9969 leads W003, the Geometry Train West through Minooka.

Amtrak 504 leads Hiawatha 334 East under the searchlights at Tower A3.

Chicago Transit Authority's Tower 18 controls movements on a number of Chicago CTA "El" lines (Green, Pink, Brown and Purple) in the Loop area. On the last evening of September, an Oran... (more)

The distinctive four-windshield face of a General Electric Dash 8-40CM, in this instance Canadian National Railway 2408, was found in the railway's Woodcrest Locomotive Shops some 28 years after i... (more)

ATSF 104 & 105 slow to a stop at Joliet Union Station where they will uncouple from their train and run around to the rear for a return to Corwith, in Chicago. They are handling an employee passen... (more)

Illinois Central’s Markham Local speeds southbound between Peotone and Manteno, Illinois, on a clear January 21, 1989. Leading the train is solid orange Illinois Central Gulf EMD GP10 No. 8186.

Doing its biyearly run down the New Rock sub, the CSX Geometry train crawls over Bridge 407 in downtown Joliet on a sunny Thursday afternoon.

CNW 7012 glides thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. Proviso Yard is only a few miles away. CNW's safety yellow (also unaffectionately known as Zito yellow) looked good when new but faded badly a... (more)

Y-EOL102 makes its way back to Eola with 552 in the lead as it crosses over Park Ave. 1/9/24

An empty oil train is about to cross the CP Chicago Sub at Savanna. While waiting for the Holiday Train, we took in some BNSF action. The BNSF yard here comes and goes on what the need is for.

One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

Back in 2006, the BNSF was detouring these Granite City ore trains via Aurora. I don't remember exactly why, but I think it was a bridge issue or something? Either way, it was cool to see these he... (more)

Life was simple in the 90s. A SD40 was coming to a train near you! Honestly, we got tired of it, but now it looks a lot better than a stupid GE. Im sure someday the GE era will be different. Man, ... (more)