Switching along the station platforms

Laying over between runs

Transfer on the Rock Islandl; pedestrian appears to be dressed in honor of the Chessie paint scheme.

The daily IAIS train to Blue Island arrives at Vermont street as Metra crews work to clear the platforms of snow.

A UP runthrough coal train heads towards Blue Island Yard on the B&OCT.

An IHB transfer is about to cross the Cal Sag as seen through the IAIS/IHB connection bridge.

A pair of CSX C40-8s at Blue Island.

Iowa Interstate's Blue Island - Council Bluffs road freight waits for the Metra rush to end before it proceeds west. The SD38s are finally making their way to Chicagoland.

I saw this train getting on to I-294 at Harlem ave and managed to beat it to Blue Island. Here's to slow track speeds.

The 7777 brings her train into the the yard and over the diamond within the yard.

Hard working goat switches the yard.

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