Paul Meyer photo.

IC 1027 leads another big consist West through Ivanhoe on CN L515.

As the rain picks up, a former IC SD70 rockets through Plano, IL, passing the old CB&Q depot in the middle of town.

While the rain begins to subside, BNSFs H-GALCNI1 27A crawls out of Aurora, IL and towards BNSFs Eola Yard with a former IC SD70 in the lead.

A trio of Illinois Central SD70's bring a loaded ore train through the Kelsey control point and pass under they classic signal cantilever south of Greenville, Pennsylvania. The train will tie down... (more)

A trio of IC SD70s are leading the local out of Centralia, IL that works all the customers on the St. Louis subdivision between DuQuoin and East St. Louis. The crew brought the train as far as Be... (more)

CN train L572 (Flat Rock, MI - Detriot, MI turn) pauses under the "Double Arches" on the CN Dearborn Sub before shoving back into the NS yard to double its train.

With greens till Gilman, CNs A407 job ducks under the town of Paxton with a pair of IC SD70s right at home. Paxton is the only town on the Chicago sub that features zero crossings in the downtown ... (more)

What was once a grand interlocking system, controlled by a manned tower, has now dwindled down to an abandoned relic aside a grain elevator. Nice to see snapshots of the old IC still standing tall... (more)

After getting fooled by a different northbound an hour beforehand, CNs A407 job rips through the small town of Ludlow, IL, a half hour north of Champaign, IL. Each small town along the IC has some... (more)

On the evening of Mothers Day, CNs A407 job breaks the calm silence of Chebanse, IL, to which, they’ll decelerate into the tiny yard in Otto. Big fan of the small town feel beneath the gazebo as... (more)

These tracks have seen more plentiful days, though they are a reliable source for catching CN's fallen flags. On this day the Illinois Central leads the Grand Trunk and EJ&E

After getting a recrew at Champaign Road in Taylor, Michigan, CN L572 is back on the move south over the Dearborn Sub. The iconic concrete arches still standing from Ford's electrified section of ... (more)

A pair of Illinois Central SD70's are in charge of CN local L572 as it heads south down the Dearborn Sub, crossing over M-39 in Allen Park, Michigan. The Dearborn Sub is home to the concrete caten... (more)

A nice mix of locomotives sits outside of Quality Rail's repair shop in Madison, Illinois. Included are an SD70, SD60, C40-8 and an SD40-2W.