Skyline drive is great place to get an overview of the action in Duluth. Here the DMIR is switching the dock while a BN coal train unloads in Superior. I will remember this trip from watching the ... (more)

CN R950 is heading northbound at Woodward Avenue in Pontiac with 7 cars.

CSS 804 is street running through Michigan City's west side residential neighborhood with a high green ahead.

The EJE 667 is pulling past the yard office in Pontiac while working a cut of cars.

SIBI rocks and rolls through Rockdale, passing under the old Joliet Junction.

EJ&E 663 brings a train into the yard in Waukegan, IL in July of 1986. This area has changed considerably since this photo was taken as have traffic levels.

EJ&E 663 is right at home as it leads the L520 south through Plainfield, bound for Joliet Yard.

IAIS SD38-2 151 leads SIBI through CP Richards in Joliet.

SIBI nears Joliet Union Station and UD Tower, bound for Blue Island.

The run 8 sound of an SD38-2 could be heard for miles as SIBI heads east, rolling under the old Wabash (now Metra Southwest Service District) in New Lenox.

SIBI holds at McDonough Street, waiting for its window across Bridge 407 and through UD Tower. An Iowa SD38-2 leads the way on this sunny morning.

Iowa 151 and 506 lug a heavy SIBI out of the Joliet River Valley, about to pass under Briggs Street. The SD38-2 and ES44AC were on their hands and knees trying to get the train up to a respectable... (more)

The Markham Local arrives at University Park to go about the day's switching.

BLE 866 switches Joliet Yard on a nice afternoon.

IAIS 153 is paired up with IAIS' 30th anniversary unit, #516, performing switching at South Amana Yard.