The talk of the town, Metra’s new six-axle toys, have been quite desired among railfans native to the city… myself included. After running rush hour sets in the overnight hours, the 505 makes ... (more)

As Chicagoland preps for the Christmas weekend, IAIS provides a Christmas present of their own. A GP38 & the 516 heritage locomotive on the morning eastbound into Blue Island, seen here passing th... (more)

Only a few miles from a crew change at Champaign, CN Train A407 finds a heavy burst of snow at Savoy, IL. on their way northbound towards Chicago.

Canadian National Freight Train A407 heads northbound through a heavy burst of snow at Tolono, IL. with Illinois Central SD70 #1026 leading the way.

Canadian National Freight Train A407 heads northbound through Arcola, IL. with Illinois Central SD70 #1026 leading the way.

Superfleet scheme ATSF 553 hurries a stack train eastward toward Chicago just north of Ancona, IL on their double track speedway across Illinois, passing under a classic ATSF cantilever signal wit... (more)

NYSW SD60 3802 sits in the small UP yard in Chicago Heights with a bunch of retired BCOL and CN Dash 8s.

On a cloudy and cold December morning, Canadian National Freight Train A408 finds a small sucker hole in the clouds as they head southbound through Farina, IL. with a pair of Illinois Central SD70... (more)

On a cloudy and cold December morning, Illinois Central SD70's #1024 & #1021 are right at home leading Canadian National Freight Train A408 southbound through Sigel, IL.

On a cloudy and cold December morning, Illinois Central SD70's #1024 & #1021 are right at home leading Canadian National Freight Train A408 southbound passed some Christmas Decorations in the smal... (more)

One of Metra's new SD70MACH locomotives breaks the fog as it arrives Morton Grove.

In 1989, the AT&SF sold its former TP&W line to a new TP&W corporation, including 19 GP20 locomotives in the deal. A TP&W train in the 1990's typically included a consist of well-worn GP20s, some... (more)

Death Stars. Canadian National Railway Company (Illinois Central) IC 1021 (SD70, EMD) was leading a four-pack of standard cabs on L536 (1004, 1026, and 1027) when it stopped near South Norm... (more)

Amtrak's Polar Express is seen crossing Clinton Street as it heads into the north end of Chicago Union Station with the Phase III -8 heritage P42 doing the honors.

The annual CN-IC Santa Train is heading north across the TP&W. While this tradition continued for a few more years, this turned out to be the last time any of the E-units would be used.