A pair of Grand Trunk Western GP38-2's, led by the Operation Lifesaver unit, close in on their destination of Schiller Park Yard with the southbound run of the L501.
In a modified Amtrak Cascades scheme, METX F59PHI #90 is seen departing from its stop at the O'Hare Transfer station on Metra's North Central Service.
Last light hits the M CHIGAL as it heads west out of Joliet with a swooshed SD60M leading the way.
It was a hot, humid and downright uncomfortable day, but a British Columbia Railway C40-8M leading on the Illinois Railway required some documentation. It's on the point of a nice lash-up at Minkl... (more)
A six pack of GP38-2's of the HLCX, FURX and BNSF H1 variety thunder out of Joliet with the L CHI105 to Galesburg.
Syracuse, NY - Bedford Park, IL Q163 rolls west through Willow Creek (Portage, IN) on the CSX Garrett Sub. Leading the way is CSX 8833, a former Conrail SD40-2.
After about an hour and a half of switching work at Joliet, the L CHI105 was departing for Galesburg with a very neat lash-up. Of note in the lash are the two BN Cascade green SD40-2's. The clouds... (more)
The Norfolk Southern business train, complete with A-B-B-A covered wagons, rolls east through South Bend, Indiana after an 06:00 departure out of Ashland Avenue Yard in Chicago.
British Columbia Railway powered A490 slowly advances up to the Rock, passing the former EJ&E Yard.
A490 heads east up the Joliet hill with a BC Rail barn leading a pair of CN SD75I's and an SD70M-2.
L501 strolls down the CN Waukegan Sub, headed home to Schiller Park with a pair of GTW blues in charge. This portion of the old EJ&E doesn't see very much traffic. In fact, this is the only train ... (more)
A "blue devil" leads the way south through Monee on train M371.
A Cascade green GP50 leads Y HOD303 from BRC Clearing as it arrives home at BNSF's GM Yard.
A northbound train of windmill parts rolls under I-55 in Joliet. A British Columbia Railway C40-8M does the honors.
On a rainy afternoon, M CHIGAL heads west through Lemont with a mixed bag of power.
