The evening Metra outbound rush is underway, the 102 leaves the Sear's tower distorted in her exhaust.

One of the many Bensenville based patrols returns from the city.

CP 9549 departs Bensenville Yard and heads for the NS Chicago Line with a GO Transit Unit in tow

The Agawa Canyon Tour Train makes an appearance in Chicago on its way to Saint Louis to be refurbished and repainted.

EMD GP-9, SOO #410, leads a grain train southbound on the IHB at Franklin Park Illinois

An eastbound CP train heads through Franklin Park on its way to the Belt Ry of Chicago.

After a day of heavy rain, the sun comes out to illuminate the largest operatable diesel in the country, on display for Railroad Daze.

The Bensenville - Proviso transfer heads east through Franklin Park with a pair of the new SD59MX rebuilds.

A solid set of SOO units leads a manifest train through Franklin Park on it's way to the Belt Railway of Chicago at Bedford Park.

The sun set is seen through the cab of a Grand Trunk GP38 as it waits at the east end of Canadian Pacific's Bensenville Yard with a Canadian National transfer run. Railroad: Grand Trunk Western
Locomotive: EMD GP38
Location: Franklin Park, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: GTW 4914
Train ID: N/A
Photo Date: August 23, 2009

Taking cars back for UP's Proviso Yard, CP job G39 has some of UP's newest rebuilds for power.

Getting the F40C's was one of the goals of this trip. Never thought the 614 would still be in service 19 years later! Shown in its previous darker blue paint scheme. Built May 1974 as MILW 54, you... (more)