CTA 6711 & 6712 head south through the S curve at Chicago Ave as they head to the loop for CTA's 75th Anniversary.
NS 1003 leads a transfer from CPKC Bensenville Yard back to The NS.
Taco Belle KCSM 4748 takes a rest while waiting for its next assignment at Bensenville Yard.
A mixture of KCS and CP power sits at the ready tracks at Bensenville Yard on a beautiful morning on the first day of Fall 2023.
B&LE SD38-2 878 leads CN L512 East out of South Chicago.
KJRY's outbound train from the Tazewell and Peoria yard is lead by the usual A-B-A set of FP9's and a GP20 to boot. The wreath from December's Santa Train is still hanging on in mid-January.
An inbound departs after boarding passengers at National Street Station in Elgin, while an investigation is going on with the outbound on the left. Apparently they struck a pedestrian here... howe... (more)
Frisco 1630 holds for traffic on the mainline before departing. Trains were running all night long as part of the 70th anniversary for the museum.
A Metra outbound blasts towards Harvard on the UP Northwest Line, which will be the furthest west the train will go before heading back to Chicago.
The Nebraska Zephyr heads under the poles and wires along the IRM mainline in rural Illinois.
1630 pushes the coach train west back to the museum.
Metra 121, wrapped in Northwestern Medicine colors, leads a outbound train into Des Plaines.
KCS 4857 leads a manifest West through Franklin Park.
Early in the daylight hours, Frisco decapod #1630 heads east with the demonstration freight, as rain pours down.
The 1630 gets loaded up with coal at this scene well after midnight. Though this engine would be done running for a few hours; the Nebraska Zephyr, coach train, and street cars would continue runn... (more)
