UP trains meet on the IHB in McCook.

A Belt railway of Chicago passes through Vulcan materials site before hitting the diamonds with the Santa Fe. That little Plymouth has seen better days but the the tracks were still there.

A trio of GEs brings one of the Santa Fe's famed piggyback trains through McCook. Note the several Consolidated Freightways (CF) "pups" riding on spine cars at the front of the train. Tom Golden... (more)

A freight heads west past the nice depot at McCook.

Smokin’ at McCook
After waiting for a couple of Santa Fe trains to clear the diamond, a long and heavy Belt Railway of Chicago freight gets its turn on the crossing at McCook, Illinoi... (more)

Two EMD demo SD90MAC-H's sit outside EMD's LaGrange plant.

The demo GP22ECO unit sits at EMD's LaGrange plant.

A locomotive and the industry it served.

A Milwaukee rib side caboose rolls on the the IHB crossing the Santa Fe mainline at McCook. The caboose is pretty weather beaten and also shows signs of impact from things being thrown at it. Now ... (more)

A consist of seven four axle units makes up this local as they switch McCook yard. The station roof can be seen in the background. The crossing over which the locomotives are belongs to the Indian... (more)

The correct unit up front. New ES44C4 leads on a short intermodal into the curve at Lawndale.