A light power set of 3 SD38s heads to Kirk Yard after dropping off a coal train at the State Line power plant.

A BN SD60M rolls west on the Chilli Sub with an auto rack train, a nice break from the usual parade of dash 9s.

A dirty and faded WC SD45 leads a manifest through the connecting track between the CN and IHB.

An ex-BN SD40 leads a mixed bag of leased power north across Broadway St. on the IHB.

Late afternoon light reflects off the silver paint of a Warbonnet B40-8W as it leads a mixed freight through the junction on IHB tracks.

A high hood geep 38 brings a cut of tank cars from the BP Amoco refinery back toward the yard in Hammond.

A Chicago bound Amtrak train flies under one of the few remaining Pennsy signal bridges in the Chicago area still accessible to photographers.

A lone Belt Railway of Chicago geep idles at the KCBX coal terminal on the far southeast side of Chicago.

IC 101 idles on display at Franklin Park Railroad Days along with a BRC SW1500, IHB GP40-2, CSX and UP GEVOs, and the MoPac heritage ACe.

The private car special from Chicago to Joliet and back curves through downtown Lemont on a beautiful spring evening.

A westbound J train waits for the signal to proceed across the Des Plaines River bridge.

A Soo bandit geep still in its Milwaukee Road colors works the east end of Bensenville Yard with a SOO MP15.

One of the few EJ&E units left with the old J-ball logo on the nose leads a coal train bound for State Line power plant east across the UP diamonds and past the boarded up Jay Tower in Chicago Hei... (more)

A single IHB geep leads a short freight toward Blue Island Yard.

Iowa Interstate's daily Blue Island - Council Bluffs train accelerates through Tinley Park as it passes the Metra station clocktower.