After working Hawthorne Yard, M337 heads west through North Riverside, IL as it crosses the Des Plaines River on a cold afternoon. Leading the way is IC C40-8W #2460. Built as the LMS 733 in Octob... (more)
CN A40891 rolls south into Mattoon, IL with a matching set of IC painted EMD SD70's as it passes in front of the Mattoon Amtrak station that still proudly displays the Illinois Central name.
CN has been putting together some really neat lash-ups lately. Here, as the shadows grow long on a late summer evening, we see L515 preparing to shove into Markham Yard with IC 1036, IC 1027, IC 9... (more)
CN 120 has IC 2703, CN 8830, CN 2231 & CN 2130 for power as it approaches Turcot Ouest, hot on the heels of CN 306, who had just departed there after a quick crew change.
A four pack of IC EMDs lead train U78981 through Iron Junction. The train is taking the connection toward Two Harbors, and is passing by a series of code poles and a set of endangered searchlight ... (more)