EJ&E 322 & 306 the last of the J switchers

You can still catch an all orange EJ&E consist these days, but it's getting harder. As EJ&E 675 & 656 make up the line train and head into the setting sun

New Mexico Lumber Company Shay No. 7 probably wasn't maintained as well in 1929 as it is today, Ephraim Shay would be proud

New Mexico Lumber Company Shay No. 7 blows off some steam as it comes around the pond at Hesston, The Hesston Steam Museum opened to host the "Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad" Mid... (more)

CN 7033 & EJ&E 663 make their moves after bringing 21 cars into the yard, Its almost appears as if the locomotives can't even look at each other, as the transition continues.

As the CN transition of the EJ&E continues, CN 7033 heads to Smurfit-Stone, a local job, the familiar green & orange colors of the EJ&E are slowly fading away.

The triple six heads down the IRL long hood forward at MP14, shoving the snow of the rail, after a crazy spring snowstorm dumped 4" on Joliet last night, it even caused the cancellation of the Wh... (more)

CN 2549 heads though the EJ&E Western Subdivision on another CN reroute

EJ&E 662, 650 & 654 roars past Turner

CN MoW truck checks the track alignment as they prepare for the increase rail traffic to begin soon on EJ&E Eastern Subdivision.

Lake Renwick Heron Rookery is the only site in Illinois where five species of birds, one of which is state endangered, nests, and a great place to watch the endangered EJ&E orange SD38-2's fly-by,... (more)

EJ&E 302 & 445 with a lot of steel mill grime work the south end of the yard

EJ&E 322 & 316 struggle up the hill on the Eastern Subdivision as they head east with a track warrant from the CN RTC (Rail Traffic Controller) No longer the EJ&E dispatcher....

EJ&E 665, 666 & 668 &300 head out of Joliet for Gary, the 300 has left Joliet for the last time, as the equipment move begins. with one more day left for the "J"

As the transition begins with CN, so does what you see on the EJ&E Eastern Subdivision, as BNSF 5827, 9490 and 6102 trailing in DPU heads to Griffith IN.