CREX 1322 ducks under the de-signaled CB&Q bridge in Downers Grove.

The eastbound Illinois Zephyr ducks under the new signal bridge at Fairview Avenue in Downers Grove.

The Reading heritage unit leads the U ELUNSD under the classic CB&Q searchlights in Downers Grove.

Amtrak 519, a Phase IV Dash 8, leads the Illinois Zephyr under one of the last remaining CB&Q signal bridges in the Chicagoland area. Replacements are up just west of here, so it's anyone's guess ... (more)

Two warbonnets lead a grain train west from Chicago.

BNSF 7252 leads the GALCHC east under the CB&Q signals in Downers Grove.

Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

Bumblebee approves of the Virginian heritage unit.

Looking pretty rough, a warbonnet dash 8 heads underneath the also pretty warn out looking signal bridge at the Fairview crossover, and its replacement.

Running over 7 hours late, Amtrak engineer Steve Pahl brings the Southwest Chief into Chicago with the assistance of a cascade green EMD widecab relic.

On a beautiful spring evening in the western suburbs of Chicago, a westbound Metra computer slices through the former CB&Q signals at CP Fairview, westbound on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision.

Another exciting consist over the BN was not in the form of a NS heritage unti, but an ICE / DME / CSX lashup on a loaded potash train. While most of the Q bridges along the Race Track have been r... (more)

A westbound Metra at sunset.

Amtrak P42 26 leads the Illinois Zephyr west through Downers Grove. The CB&Q signals are living out their final weeks, as their replacements are up and ready to be cut over. Rumor has it the cutov... (more)

Eastbound Z train passes under the old Q bridge at East Lisle. Its replacement stands just on the other side of I355.