As the sun sets, this veteran SD45, which started life with the AT&SF, goes about putting its train together at Homewood Yard.

A UP manifest bound for Arkansas flies through Crete at 60mph. The outside temperature was a brisk 15 degrees.

A trio of EMDs finest lead this ICE train over the BRC and through urban backyards in Chicago.

This SW has recently received a fresh coat of paint from the folks at NRE and goes about switching on the property.

Freshly repainted in a nice burgundy, this ex-CP SD40-2 leads a CSX train south on the UP-CSX mainline.

Alaska GP 3004 basks in the sun at NRE's Dixmoor shops.

In what may be a never to be repeated scene, a WC SD45 leads a westbound under the EJ&E and CB&Q signals as it approaches Eola Yard.

A very rare visitor leads this NS train west over the BNSF.

An ex BN SD40-2 leads an SF "snoot" and GP60 west on this stack train.

One of few remaining 6100 class IC SD40-2s in IC paint leads an IC SD70 on tonight's train to Waterloo, IA.

A Pac-Man CP SD40-2 leads 6 other engines out of the yard at Cragin and toward Bensenville.

On a very cold afternoon, a Metra double header descends the hill into Downers Grove.

Its quite brisk outside, but that doesnt slow this ex-BN SD40-2 from racing past an aging set of CB&Q searchlights.

This is the train used in the re-enactment of the Nov 23rd accident involving 16 cars at the Grand Avenue crossing in Elmwood Park. Metra used this to take measurements in an effort to see what h... (more)

A bottle train heads west with this former Conrail unit on the trailing end. These come from Burns Harbor on the NS, get on the IHB, then the CSX, and end up at Riverdale.