Doing its biyearly run down the New Rock sub, the CSX Geometry train crawls over Bridge 407 in downtown Joliet on a sunny Thursday afternoon.

CNW 7012 glides thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. Proviso Yard is only a few miles away. CNW's safety yellow (also unaffectionately known as Zito yellow) looked good when new but faded badly a... (more)

Y-EOL102 makes its way back to Eola with 552 in the lead as it crosses over Park Ave. 1/9/24

An empty oil train is about to cross the CP Chicago Sub at Savanna. While waiting for the Holiday Train, we took in some BNSF action. The BNSF yard here comes and goes on what the need is for.

One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

Back in 2006, the BNSF was detouring these Granite City ore trains via Aurora. I don't remember exactly why, but I think it was a bridge issue or something? Either way, it was cool to see these he... (more)

Life was simple in the 90s. A SD40 was coming to a train near you! Honestly, we got tired of it, but now it looks a lot better than a stupid GE. Im sure someday the GE era will be different. Man, ... (more)

Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Here the St. Paul pri... (more)

Here is a shot that brings back memories. I spent many days in my early days taking pictures at East Cabin. Trains on the BN-CCP were fairly regular, and one could get a good amount of trains for ... (more)

SD40B helps out the cause as this eastbound freight crosses the Chicago Central at East Dubuque. The BN had 3 of these rare type motors rebuilt from SD40-2 shells. The 7500 is ex- BN 7221, and the... (more)

The Leader Of The Pack. It was a long day for the crew that worked the transfer job from East Chicago to Blue Island on Indiana Harbor Belt 3861 (SD38-2) and 3801 (GP38-2) on January 31, 20... (more)

TZPR's Pekin Job passes construction along the hill after receiving the go-ahead from the foreman in charge.

Running through the Red Oak Nature Center between Aurora and Batavia, BNSFs West Chicago job crawls north with the only active smurf on the roster, and one of the three active ATSF warbonnet paint... (more)

BNSFs West Chicago branchline, a branchline that can only handle 4-axle power, sees a big train on a cold Monday morning. 15 cars pulled by Eola’s dynamic duo.

BNSF’s “West Chicago Job”, although it doesn't travel that far anymore, it does go as far as Batavia. Here is said job crawling into Batavia with a Smurf & Warbonnet B40-8W for power.