The former SOU 3024, built in 1965, has certainly seen better days. After the Southern, it became the Fox River Valley Railroad #2500 before it was sent to the Wisconsin Central. It spent loyal ye... (more)

Hawthorne is the location where the BRC Kenton Line and the CN Freeport Sub cross. After working Best Foods, the BRC's NOSI industrial job heads for the next location of Home Products in Chicago, ... (more)

Another major steel mill in Northwest Indiana is the Gary Works, located just off of Lake Michigan in Gary. A pair of their remote control switch locomotives prepare to go to work on a sunny morni... (more)

ArcelorMittal GP15-1's 417 and 418 are pulling for all they're worth as they bring a heavy train of pet coke into the East Chicago plant. As the train winds its way into the plant, the rear can be... (more)

A pair of Grand Trunk Western GP38-2's, 4933 and 4914, switch Rowell Chemical on a hot and hazy afternoon along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Willow Springs. Dubbed L535, this train origi... (more)

IHB SW1500's 1511 and 1524, along with "hump trailer" slug 477 shove a heavy train to the hump at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale. The SW1500's were built in 1967 and 1968, respectively. S... (more)

All alone in the weeds. It's a sad ending for Illinois Central SW14 #1450 as it lives out its final days at the National Railway Equipment facility in Dixmoor, IL. It was built new for the IC in 1... (more)

The BNSF Chillicothe Sub (former Santa Fe) is well known for following the Des Plaines River. Here, we see a bird's eye view of the BNSF's Joliet Yard, located right on the outskirts of downtown. ... (more)

The Chicago skyline stands tall 23 miles away as ArcelorMittal SW1500 #111, one of the many locomotives on the #1 leader in steel's roster, shoves a bottle train into the massive East Chicago plan... (more)

In this bird's eye view of CN's Markham Yard, we see a pair of EJ&E SD38-2's reversing into the yard to tie up for a few hours. On T-Fare 3, a GTW GP9R and a CN GP40-2LW await a new crew with a st... (more)

BNSF's GM Yard in Hodgkins...located about 20 miles outside of downtown Chicago. It's home to numerous locals that serve the various industries located around Chicagoland. L CHI105, the GM Yard to... (more)

Z trains are typically dominated by GE's on BNSF, but we had a bit of a surprise on July 9th, 2020. Leading the way on Z ALTWSP is SD75M #254, followed by an SD70ACe and a Heritage 2 ES44DC. Exxon... (more)

L536 (Glenn-Kirk) started out at Glenn Yard with a trio of CN GE's. Then, for reasons unknown, an EJ&E SD38-2 was added to the point. #657 is seen here at 39th Street, continuing its southbound jo... (more)

It's been quite a while since a GP60M has led around the Chicagoland area. That changed on July 24th, 2020 as #103 (now classified as a GP60M-3) and SD60M #1407 hustled west across the Kankakee Ri... (more)

Field of....poop. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (Sanitary District of Chicago, for short) is the only railroad in America (and possibly the world?) that transports... (more)