The last northbound Coaster of the evening hurries over the San Dieguito River trestle, passing the County Fair and homes with (literally) million dollar views.

For no apparent reason whatsoever, a UP SD70ACe leads the Southwest Chief westbound, running over 3 hours late just 21 miles into its trip. The ACe was available to Amtrak after pulling #6 into Ch... (more)

My first stop (unintentionally - I got lost trying to get to my planned first stop) is at the big bridge at Boylston. The tree wasn't tall enough to hide the P42.

The Hinckley Subdivision has quite a few bridges - this one is the most impressive of them all. Too bad the weather was so dreary.

261 meanders through Braham, the Homemade Pie Capital of the World, after they broke the whistle cord. While they have both a backup whistle and air horn, they still stopped en route to fix... (more)

SOO Candy Apple Red SD60M passes distant 6-axle EMD relative CN E9 #103 in the lineup at Railroad Daze. Taken from the rear platform of a CN business car.

CP 4526 takes an extremely short doublestack yard transfer east out of Bensenville Yard, passing Franklin Park Railroad Daze. I'm inside the UP 1995.

Ah, the sweet smell of spring railfanning.

Making its 5th appearance on the Chicago Sub this April, 7695 once again heads west. The guy on the right had just taken a shot and is already doing the "digital bow."

I can honestly say this is the first time I've seen a train scoop up train orders - and with a cowl unit and manned tower, not bad for the first time!

An after-rush hour express to Main Street comes to stop by a near-blooming tree and a reminder of Monday's terrible shooting. This photo is dedicated to those who lost their lives, and those who l... (more)

The BNSF trains have cleared, and two UPs get the highball across the diamonds just after sunset.

It may be a cruddy station, but it's its last day of operation and at least 6 railfans came out to document it. A CSX manifest rolls through on Main 1 with a bunch of new BNSF taconite hoppers up ... (more)

The 8th-to-last westbound Metra train arrives at the Clyde depot. After more than 124 years of service, the station closed April 1st due to lack of ridership - only 23 commuters regularly use the ... (more)

Two not-quite-brand-new ES44ACs pull an empty coal train westbound past appropriately named Burlington Park.