The last WC 6600-class SD45 leads two NS units while awaiting a fresh crew on a pleasant night in Chicagoland.

The last WC 6600-class SD45 sits under a fitting sign, at least it would be fitting had CN not wrecked what the WC was.

You can smell the paint on this new GEVo as it leads a stack train out of CSX's Bedford Park Ramp.

A BNSF GEVo leans into the superelevation as a crewmember gives a friendly wave before flying by.

A CSX train heads east past these old B&OCT searchlight signals on the IHB.

Wisconsin and Southern's Chicago-Janesville train waits for a signal to get out of Clearing Yard and begin the sprint to Fox Lake then the 10mph journey to Janesville.

WC SD45 #7495 leads a CN barn unit as they sit waiting for a better color at CP Rose on the IHB. The signals are vintage B&OCT searchlights.

Iowa Interstate's Blue Island switch job heads south on the IHB to switch Riverdale Yard.

4 Iowa Interstate GP38-2s work hard to maintain 30mph as they cruise west out of Chicago on the old Rock Island main.

A well worn WC SD45 leads an IC SD40-2 south through LaGrange on their way from Schiller Park to Argo.

A pair of WC GP's make friends while they sit awaiting a new crew.

An NS SD70M-2 sprints east out of the morning fog with one of the loudest horns I have ever heard.

An IHB transfer with a GP38-2 and SD20 in charge heads south through LaGrange.

In what has become a very rare scene, a WC SD45 leads a train through the crummy connector from the old WC to the IHB at Franklin Park. The condition of the engine and track seem to go well toget... (more)

At 550AM, the sun is just rising and this NS intermodal train races west at 60mph out of the early morning fog.