Takin' It to the Streets....one last time in daylight. The iconic Michigan City, Indiana street running along the Chicago South Shore & South Bend is coming to a close. On a beautiful Sunday morni... (more)

A hometown Santa Fe painted GP60 leads a cut of stack cars from the "junkyard" into Corwith Yard, passing the former Santa Fe Tower.

H BRCGAL heads west over the Fox River in Aurora, led by an old school Heritage 1 Dash 9.

On the approach to Blue Island Yard, IHB 3801 leads a westbound transfer under the old Illinois Central and Metra Electric mainlines. The Harbor's Veterans unit is second out.

IHB 4016 and 3802 idle away at the west end of Blue Island Yard.

After completing a pickup from Kirk Yard, the Gary Railway heads back for the mill with one of their SW1200's in charge. A US Steel SW1500 trails as the train passes the old EJ&E roundhouse.

#'s 2 and 3 take their 26 empties back to the treatment plant in Stickney, skirting the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal in the process. Interstate 55 is in the background.

On a sunny morning, SW1's 2 and 3 lead their recently dumped cars out of the drying fields. Both units are in their 70th year of service.

A faded Cascade green GP50 is in charge of the Willow Springs ramp job as it shoves a string of baretables into the yard.

A pair of Grand Trunk Western GP38-2's, both still wearing original paint, lead a massive cut of cars out of the west end of Kirk Yard.

The double heritage 17V continues its journey to Bensenville, IL as it crosses the Calumet River drawbridge at CP 509 of the NS Chicago Line. Just up ahead, the train will hop onto the Belt Railwa... (more)

Another Illinois Central edition of L536 makes its way by 16th Street Tower on a rainy and foggy 2-22-22. In the background is the 1919-built St. Charles Airline lift bridge. The Airline hasn't se... (more)

With GP38-2 #815 in charge, UP local YPR60B shoves its one boxcar into the Chicago Tribune, right next to the Chicago River. The conductor and a few UP maintainers spent about a half hour dealing ... (more)

As an afternoon layer of fog rolls in to blanket the area, a pair of IC deathstar SD70's and a GTW GP38-2 slowly cross the diamonds at 16th Street with the day's L536 to Kirk Yard.

Double heritage. NS 17V heads west by the 112 year old Gary Union Station. Leading the way is Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit, followed by Canadian Pacific's Military Tribute SD70ACu. It'... (more)