The first train since one of the biggest snows of the 2020-2021 winter season plows through a snow bank piled up on the tracks from the plows clearing the roads.
An ore train with a deathstar in the lead awaits a crew to head north out of Proctor Yard.
A couple of IC SD70's stand by for the next assignment in Joliet Yard.
CN L515 is working at Nolan Distribution with a repainted Illinois Central GP40R.
Tom Golden photo.
Now on the move after the L515 has cleared up with just a pair of IC SD70's today on the L536. The Chicagoland area is the place to see IC SD70's for the time being running on the various locals.
IC 1002 leads the L515 through suburban Matteson as the L536 with IC 1028 holds in the distance.
IC 1035, 1000, and 1020 roll back into Markham Yard to retrieve their train before departing for Gary Indiana.
Retired IC 8404 and caboose are now located at their new spot after being moved to make way for a new parking lot which is part of a total rebuild project of the Amtrak platform in Homewood.
Not a heritage unit - IC 3129, in contemporary CN colors, leads GT 4924, still in GTW colors, across the White River at Burlington, WI. The pair powers the Waukesha switch run and will switch sev... (more)
A trio of IC SD70 begins to exit the Mainline of Mid-America for The J at Matteson as it continues its trip to Kirk Yard.
CN L557 at crossover switches at Grove behind a lone IC "deathstar" SD70.
Railfans get their shots as CN L557 approaches downtown Pekin behind a lone IC "deathstar" SD70.
With the depot updated to the IC's latest paint scheme, a trio of SD20s lead a mixed freight through Peotone. Tom Golden photo.