Former BN SD40-2 1706 leads Y-JOL202 West through Joliet.

The Santa Fe returns home to Joliet! GP50 3167, SD40-2 1706, and H1 1842, all in classic colors, thunder west out of Joliet on the former ATSF Transcon with Y-JOL202 in some golden hour sunlight. ... (more)

Expecting the Cascade green and H1 SD40's (trailing units) that have been powering Y JOL202 lately, we were treated to a nice surprise in the form of Santa Fe painted GP50 #3167 leading the way. I... (more)

Metra 104 departs the Joliet Gateway Center with Heritage Corridor 917.

The former Burlington Northern 6802 finds itself on unfamiliar territory on the former Santa Fe leading the weekday Y-JOL202 transfer (Joliet Yard - Blodgett), seen here slamming the former Rock I... (more)

As an eastbound vehicle train slowly rolls down Main 2, Y JOL202 thunders west down Main 1 with Cascade green SD40-2 #1706 leading the way, its BN logo still looking sharp.

At Grade. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549 (WEBX 801045) were behi... (more)

Situated behind the old Illinois Joliet Prison, which was made famous in the Blues Brothers movie, sits the Santa fe's hard to get to Joliet Yard on the banks of the Des Plaines River. One of Sant... (more)

Amtrak Turboliner #63 stops at Joliet, IL in April of 1974. Artist/photographer Russ Porter is on the left also recording the action. Bob Bullermann Kodachrome from my collection.

CN 3115, the BCOL heritage unit shines in the afternoon sun as it rounds the curve on the trek up Joliet Hill with Q116 at tow, as they approach Mills Road.

Shortly after hitting the diamonds with the old Rock Island, Q116 makes its way across the muddy Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side.

After waiting for a Metra train to leave town, the British Columbia Railway heritage unit continues its trip to Markham as it crosses the old Rock Island diamonds in Joliet.

The BC Rail heritage unit slowly rolls up on the Rock in Joliet, awaiting signal indication. In charge of Q116, the train is bound for Moyers' Intermodal Terminal in Markham.

After a wait at East Bridge Junction, the BC Rail heritage unit leads Q116 across the old EJ&E Bridge 198 and the Des Plaines River.

Santa Fe's Hot 199 Chicago to LA piggyback/intermodal train seen here accelerating westbound across the Rock Island diamond in Joliet Illinois while the eastbound commuter train waits for it to pa... (more)