BNSF 7036 heads West at Barstow.

J Neils Lumber Co. #5 and Frisco 1630 are seen staged at Spaulding Tower for the Shay It Forward night photo session at the Illinois Railway Museum.

A Wisconsin & Southern GP38-2 is seen leading a retirement special just east of Tower A2 on its return trip to Chicago Union Station.

NS train D49 crosses the Farm Creek as it departs East Peoria after picking up interchange at the TZPR.

An eastbound TP&W freight is seen tied down just west of Chenoa.

NS 7302, a relatively rare SD70ACu visitor from out east, leads CN M338 past a tiny railroad-themed park in Elmhurst, IL.

KCS SD70MAC 3967 leads CPKC 252 East through downtown Elgin.

CP transfer job I41 (formerly G41) heads for the UP at Proviso as it traverses the north end of the IHB through Franklin Park, IL.

CN 5262 leads a 8:18 late City of New Orleans into Chicago as it pulls past 21st Street interlocking where it'll shove back into Chicago Union Station.

A pair of UP SD40N's take YPRCP up the IHB main headed for the CP at Bensenville.

CTA's 6000 series cars are seen at Ashland & 63rd on the Green Line in Englewood.

Six engines lead a massive Manifest along the BNSF Barstow Sub.

CTA's 6000 series cars are seen at Quincy & Wells during a photo stop during Jon Zupko's retirement charter after 44 years of service.

It’s just after 3:45am as C-CXCNAM heads west past the old CB&Q depot at Stone Avenue with a former Burlington Northern SD70MAC, 9687 leading solo with an empty coal train.

A pair of ACes lead an empty coal train under Highway 81 at Lynn Center, IL.