In a dense and foggy winter morning, BNs 458 job makes a run for Zearing with both a “Smurf” GP38 & BN SD40. Seen here in Meriden.

NS empties approach the subdivisions namesake town of Mendota, with an H1 Dash 9 on the head end. Seen here outside town, aside Meriden.

In the afternoon summer sun along BNs Mendota Sub, NS empties rumble west with an H1 Dash 9 up front for power.

It's a classic Elgin, Joliet & Eastern scene at the old J depot in Lake Zurich as SD38-2 #667 hustles a weed sprayer train north on a nice morning.

Another Metra train with two units this time rolls through Lombard during a busy evening rush.

CSXT 8315 leads a local eastbound past the Cleveland Cliffs Riverdale Mill in Riverdale.

BNSF Q-LACNSA3-08A passing the former Chicago Burlington & Quincy Station in Galesburg

KCS 4006 splits the Searchlights leading train 249 West.

METX 90 leads an outbound train through Lombard during the afternoon rush.

Metra 405, the commuter carrier's Milwaukee Road heritage unit, passes underneath the former Milwaukee Tower B-12 signal bridge in Franklin Park, IL as it prepares to make its scheduled stop.

Many Chicagoland area railfans recognize "Tower B-12" on Metra's Milwaukee Subdivision as the junction between the former Milwaukee Road and the Soo Line, intersecting just east of downt... (more)

UP 1995, the CNW heritage unit, sits on display for CNW weekend at IRM.

CNW SD50 No. 7009 leads the Coach train @ Johnson siding during CNW weekend.

Remember the past and the present... During CNW weekend, the Union Pacific sent the UP 1995, the CNW heritage SD70ACe to be on display during the action both Saturday and Sunday. With the theme i... (more)

IRM's Rock Island GP7 is patched as CNW 4160 for CNW weekend as it shoves the caboose train back towards the barn at the end of the day.