R CHI452 is headed south out of Batavia with 4 cars for Eola Yard. Cascade green 2740 and Bluebonnet 167 have the honors this afternoon on the 3 day a week local. Some nice fall colors are still h... (more)

The Kansas City Southern veterans unit is in charge of CN train X497 as it heads south down the Mainline of Mid America in University Park, IL. This good looking unit has been roaming CN rails fo... (more)

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.

The CSX Track Geometry train (symbol W003) heads west down the former Rock Island in Marseilles with GP40WH-2 #9969 in charge. The nicely restored depot in town provided a nice photo op on this su... (more)

It's a very small section, but the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago performs some street running here in Forest View, where the MWRDGC tracks and Canal Bank Road come tog... (more)

This is where the magic happens. SW1 #3 shoves 13 empties into track 3 at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's treatment plant in Stickney, IL. Loaded side dump cars ar... (more)

On a humid afternoon, a trio of Gary Railway SW1200's pull on a cut of empty CSX coke cars. All three are former EJ&E units that survived the CN takeover long enough to avoid the scrapper's torch.... (more)

Diesel Days 2021 at the Illinois Railway Museum is well underway as the CRIP 4506 is on the approach to Seeman Road with the coach train. Originally built as the CRIP 1266 in 1952, she later becam... (more)

A sight that'll never get old to me is the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's SW1's leading trains. It's even nicer when they have a larger train and run with a pair of u... (more)

An hour after sunrise, CN U757 makes its way off the Chicago Sub and onto the Swede connection that leads to the Matteson Sub. A pair of KCS motors have the honors this morning, the leader being K... (more)

It's business as usual on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago as #'s 3 and 2 lead 26 empties under Harlem Avenue in Forest View. The 26 side dump cars were recently dump... (more)

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)

A pair of YN2's is always a welcome sight around Chicagoland. AC44's 519 and 418 round the curve in the Chatham control point area of Blue Island with train Q565, a "quality" freight fro... (more)

After working the yard in Joliet, L CHI105 is well on its way to Galesburg as it crosses Elwood's Jackson Creek on a rainy afternoon. Leading the way is BNSF GP39M #2816. The 2816 was built in 196... (more)

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago had quite a few cars ready to head out of their Stickney plant this morning, so SW1's 2 and 3 had a busy morning and afternoon ahead.... (more)