An hour after sunrise, CN U757 makes its way off the Chicago Sub and onto the Swede connection that leads to the Matteson Sub. A pair of KCS motors have the honors this morning, the leader being K... (more)

It's business as usual on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago as #'s 3 and 2 lead 26 empties under Harlem Avenue in Forest View. The 26 side dump cars were recently dump... (more)

We're high above Joliet as an Iowa Interstate Blue Island, IL to Council Bluffs, IA road freight makes its way out of downtown. The train is seen crossing CSX Bridge 407 and the Des Plaines River.... (more)

A pair of YN2's is always a welcome sight around Chicagoland. AC44's 519 and 418 round the curve in the Chatham control point area of Blue Island with train Q565, a "quality" freight fro... (more)

After working the yard in Joliet, L CHI105 is well on its way to Galesburg as it crosses Elwood's Jackson Creek on a rainy afternoon. Leading the way is BNSF GP39M #2816. The 2816 was built in 196... (more)

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago had quite a few cars ready to head out of their Stickney plant this morning, so SW1's 2 and 3 had a busy morning and afternoon ahead.... (more)

The Rock Island heritage unit is in charge of the morning Iowa Interstate eastbound as it crosses Bridge 407 in Joliet. The Silvis-Blue Island train is exiting CSX New Rock Sub trackage and enteri... (more)

After dropping off one tank car and picking up two, UP's LSF54 out of Bloomington, IL heads out of Dow Chemical in Wilmington. The covered hopper up front will be dropped at Prairie Creek about a ... (more)

Joliet Union Station....where it all started for me as a kid. I have many fond memories of watching trains at that very platform, including what is shown in this photograph...Warbonnets. Nearly 26... (more)

We're just north of downtown Pontiac as LSF54 hustles back south to Bloomington Yard with a pair of veteran GP60's, the trailer still wearing classic Southern Pacific paint. They're seen passing t... (more)

An outlawed stack train from NS Ashland Avenue Yard awaits a new crew in Chicago, while a CTA Orange Line train passes by overhead. The stack train features the Norfolk Southern's Reading heritage... (more)

After completing a pickup at the Cargill Plant, LSF54 begins the short trip back to the Bloomington Yard. Leading the way is a pair of GP60's, the leader being #1066 in Southern Pacific paint.

A good number of loaded coke cars are staged in IHB's Lakefront Yard, awaiting their turn to be dumped in Cleveland Cliff's Indiana Harbor plant as L512 (better known as the Lakefront Local) skirt... (more)

7-7 proved to be a lucky day in Lemont as L CHI105 finds the sun on its westbound trip to Galesburg. Leading is a Bluebonnet GP60, looking quite at home on the former ATSF Southern Transcon. When ... (more)

When the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern was taken over by the Canadian National, the EJ&E SW1200's didn't last long on the CN roster. When CN perged them from the roster, the majority of them found homes... (more)