A northbound Metra Electric races towards the city as "the recycle job" heads south through the Oakland neighborhood on the near south side.

IC 1027 splits the coaling towers at Gilman with autos for Champaign and stacks to interchange with the the Indiana Railroad at Newton.

CN train M371 with the IC 1027 passes by the historic IC depot in Kankakee. The depot was built back in 1853 and was restored in 1998 and includes the Kankakee Railroad Museum on the north side of... (more)

CN train M371 departs Markham Yard with an IC SD70 in charge.

EJE 669 leads a pull out job solo out of Markham Yard under the IC signal bridge

By the end of 2001 the WC would be CN owned, and changes would be coming soon for railroad in Wisconsin. Here a short freight train bound for Chicago has a good roll on them as they pass thru the ... (more)

Its a perfect 78 degrees at Ashku, IL as M37161 screams through town with a rugged BC Rail C40-8M doing the honors. As Spring rolls on, high sun is beginning to show its presence...

M37161 blasts through Manteno as the trees begin to bloom along the Main Line of Mid-America.

A CN southbound is holding north of Gilman.

Homeward Bound The CN purchased the EJ&E in 2009 so catching a consist like this out on the former IC main in 2015 is becoming hard to come by. What makes this train cool though is that ... (more)

CN train L536 (Glen Yard to Kirk Yard transfer) makes its way through Hyde Park on a warm and sunny winter afternoon.

A beat up British Columbia cowl unit heads south along the Metra Electric District on the main line of mid-America.

A pair of SD60Ms run the Markham - Yard Center transfer at 144th Street on the CN/IC.

Foreign power pulling a rail train past the Washington street station.

Back in 2011 the deadlines were full at CN's Homewood Shops. CN was in the process of scraping alot of their ex-Illinois Central SD40's. The 6102 would see the scrapper by the end of 2011, as woul... (more)