With a crew on board, KCS 3938 leading the KCS IVNKC waits for a block from Q Tower operator to make it's way north to cross over the river and head to Kansas City. KCS 3938 is sporting some real ... (more)

A UP SD70ACe leads a coal train under the old CNW searchligh signals in Rochelle, IL on a beautiful spring afternoon. These signals are supposed to be switched over to there PTC equipped replaceme... (more)

Something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime... the seemingly impossible happened as a dash 8 found itself on the long distance Texas Eagle. Thanks to PTC issues. A easy and fun chase took pla... (more)

With a rural landscape on one side and a busy city landscape on the other, this location on the western suburb of Geneva, IL is a very interesting one. Here we see Union Pacific train MMTPR 01 wit... (more)

After the rush of morning trains cleared up, there was a slight pause but not a long one as the empty Ameren coal train from Newton, IL makes his way back east towards the powder river basin for a... (more)

Something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime... the seemingly impossible happened as a dash 8 found itself on the long distance Texas Eagle. Thanks to PTC issues. A easy and fun chase took pla... (more)

On a mild afternoon, or at least what seemed like one, the NS Erie heritage unit caught a southbound manifest (NS 301) from Decatur, IL to Granite City, IL. This is the first heritage unit in a lo... (more)

As a westbound manifest waits for a parade of westbound to clear ahead, a westbound coal empty proceeds to get another load of coal. With track maintenance everywhere on the line due to the frigid... (more)

CSXT 1 and the rest of the business train cross the Thornapple river on the east side of Grand Rapids, MI. This train would ran from CSXT Barr Yard in Blue Island, IL to Toledo, OH where it would ... (more)

Knowing that these signals are on borrowed time, I took the time to make it a point to catch a train under these much more intriguing signals than those of their PTC mandated replacements. Seen he... (more)

Like clockwork, another Metra train stops to pick up a couple passengers and take them into the suburbs of Chicago, IL. On the head end of this train is one of Metra's cab cars which has a cont... (more)

Stopping to throw the switch behind them into the plant is BNSF 1520 on the train BNSF L SPR8381 20A. This train runs out of the BNSF yard in Keokuk, IL and heads north along the BNSF Hannibal sub... (more)

Leading the charge of early morning eastbounds on the BNSF Chillicothe subdivision, BNSF 4099 has no problem making the heavy grade into the Illinois River valley with train BNSF Z PHXWSP7 01L in ... (more)

After pulling up to the crossover at CP 1844 and a quick crew change, BNSF 6019 west departs and prepares to go through the Cameron connection and turn west towards Burlington, IA as it goes to ge... (more)

Unknown to me, lower priority trains have recently started running from Global 4 to west coast ports via Bloomington, Springfield, and St. Louis as coal traffic is down. Seen here is an example of... (more)