KCSM 4502 and CP 8201 waits for the next assignment at the CPKC Bensenville Yard on a nice sunny afternoon.

CSX GP38-2 2047 switches out a industry in Rivderdale.

Rambling along north of town right along the Mississippi is the local on double track. Had a great place up high across from the state park and enjoyed vacation immensely.

When I was ten, in the "Roanoke Times" newspaper, I saw a shot of N&W steamers lined up in rows with sparks of acetylene cutters coming up somewhere. Here, in a contaminated field by a ... (more)

Metra 512 , Westbound at the Union Pacific Western Ave. tower in Chicago Illinois. This leader is one of the new SD70MACH units that METRA purchased recently.

CN L536 w/ IC 1003 Illinois Central leading a three unit train in downtown Chicago. This is a daily local train,from Homewood Illinois to Kirk Yard in Gary Indiana.

Westbound manifest awaits being passed by a higher priority Z train at Edelstein.

Metra SD70MACH 505 pushes a inbound train at CP Morgan in Chicago.

Metra 98 leads a outbound train out of downtown Chicago.

Southbound manifest comes off one of Cal-Sag Channel steel bridges while crossing famous Blue Island Diamond.

Norfolk Southern's Decatur, Ill., to Normal, Ill., local freight D32 brings it to a stop west of Brokaw on the ex-Nickel Plate Road portion of the Bloomington District, January 28, 2022. They will... (more)

Canadian National's southbound "Peoria Local," L557, with an Illinois Central "Death Star" as sole power crosses over North Oakland Avenue (state Route 48) in my hometown of Decatur on January 12,... (more)

Metra 405, the Milwaukee Road heritage unit leads a outbound train out of the city.

Amtrak 504 departs put of Chicago with a Westbound Hiawatha.

E9s 9901, 9916, 9913 and 9924 rest after the day's work.