After taking down some power lines in Elmhurst on their first day running from the EJ&E onto the Iowa Division, CN's Q118 had another red letter day, encountering some clearance issues with the UP... (more)
A rare sight under daylight, Norfolk Southern's ADM job, which uses the historic PRR panhandle, sits DOL as Metra scoots on the UP and Milwaukee District zip by.
An evening outbound dinky pulls into the replica pre-war railroad depot in Western Springs. The new station comes complete with a mock gate-tender shanty, an eccentric touch probably appreciated b... (more)
A Metra F40PHM passes through its home town of La Grange. Though only in their second decade of service, the PHMs have developed a propensity for smoking not shared by their older EMD cousins.