Milwaukee Road freight with two SD40-2's run through Milwaukee heading to Bensenville yard in Illinois.

A pair of SD45-2's, U36C, and SD45 run this pig train fast through McCook.

Rio Grande GP40's and SP tunnel motor head west through the Royal Gorge route. They will soon be running through Tennessee Pass. This line is no longer in use except for tourist trains.

A couple of D&RGW GP40's idle in Besenville next to loco wash. I believe this is an ex Conrail unit. It was rare to see D&RGW units in Bensenville, but a lot of unexpected stuff did show up there.

An MP SD40-2 sits on the front of a freight train waiting to leave Dolton yard. Doors open to help cool the cab. No AC on these units.

A pair of C&NW GE's take a westbound coal empties back to the Powder River basin for reload.

A pair of SD40-2 lead a freight toward Chicago.

A set of brand new SD50's take a coal train east towards North Platte.

Brand new CTA cars are being delivered to the C&NW at Proviso. The cars were then forwarded to the Skokie shops.

EJ&E SD9 sits in Joliet yard on a very cold January. A good time to railfan. Nobody wants to come out and kick you out.

A pair of SD40-2 helpers were added to the front of this train. It's a pretty steep grade as can be seen here at this low angle.

A train heading east through Dolton junction. Many railroads crossed through here with a large Interlocking tower present.

Four SD45-2's helped a coal train down off of Horseshoe Curve. They will cut off and then be ready to push another westbound train up.

A scheduled train leaves Chama for Antonito. The 484 will battle the four percent grade to Cumbres and then will continue downhill the rest of the way to Antonito. There is a scheduled lunch stop ... (more)

An attempt to put the 261 through some tight curves on the Wisconsin Central caused to rails to start turning over. You can see the rails are at an angle. Crews were frantic, but engineer stopped ... (more)