A trio of Wisconsin & Southern's finest lead T4 through Milton, WI on a cold and cloudy fall afternoon. T4 runs from Horicon to Janesville.

Heading north through the small town of Grand Ridge, OMLX 1019 leads a cut of coal cars out of storage at a steady 10 MPH. Numerous crossings along the line were flagged to ensure that they were i... (more)

OMLX GP38-3 #1019 leads a string of empty BNSF coal cars to Ottawa, as some fall colors hang on in mid October. Heading north across a little bridge just south of town, this is the last of the coa... (more)

The last one? For years, the Illinois Railway Streator Branch has been home to a significant number of stored BNSF coal cars. Lately, the IR has slowly been removing the cars to send back to the B... (more)

IHB 4020 and 1512 cross the Little Calumet River as they make their shove move into Blue Island Yard, utilizing the West Yard Lead. #4020 is one of three GP40-2LW's purchased from Metro East Indus... (more)

The Indiana Harbor Belt retired their SD20 fleet earlier this year and purchased three GP40-2LW's from Metro East Industries in East St. Louis, Illinois. All three are now on the property and in H... (more)

As the sun prepares to set on Chicago, Union Pacific Northwest train #647 begins its trip to Harvard with Metra's newest creation in charge. Leading the way is METX #90, looking great in Chicago &... (more)

I'm not sure how many standard cab SD60's remain on Union Pacific's roster, but it has to be down to a handful. #2182 and "Snoot" SD40N #1558 shove a massive cut of cars back to the Glob... (more)

Paralleling the Des Plaines River, L CHI105 makes its way west through the plant at "Romeo." A nice A-B-A set makes for a nice sight on this sunny afternoon. The refineries of Lemont, IL... (more)

UPY 715 and UP 819 are in the process of dumping ballast in the Ravenswood neighborhood, located in Chicago's north side. Just south of the Ravenswood Metra station (Metra's UP North Line), the tw... (more)

BNSF 9824, a BN Executive painted SD70MAC, makes for a sweet leader on westbound V BLUPTS as it rolls across the Des Plaines River on a beautiful evening in Lemont, IL.

A dying EMD's last request....just to have a little company. Metra F40C 610 and IHB SW1200 2256 create an extremely sad sight at the entrance to NRE Dixmoor this afternoon. Lot of good times with ... (more)

A pair of Heritage 1 GP38-2's shove on a cut of cars at Clyde Yard, as they pass East End Tower on a sunny morning. Santa Fe and BN painted units are usually preferred the most, but that H1 scheme... (more)

On a sunny afternoon, a classic Cascade green leader shoves the L CHI105 into Joliet Yard to begin its switching duties. The train is crossing the point where the I&M Canal and the Des Plaines Riv... (more)

Remnants of the GM&O remain on the CN Joliet Subdivision in Chicago as an afternoon running R967 (Recycle Job) approaches the diamonds with the former Santa Fe at Corwith. Powering the train is a ... (more)