MILW 118-C and METX 308, both F-7A locomotives, smoke it up as they lead the coach train out of the museum grounds during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

KCS 4590 (AC4400CW) leads a southbound CPKC manifest through Northbrook, IL.

Steam killer. Though it gets less credit than the GP9 this model drove a stake into the heart of many a steam switcher roster. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A BRC hump job is seen off the Cicero Ave overpass.

Looking rather worse for wear this old horse is probably down for rebuilding into a CAT power PLW2000. The frame behind looks like it may have be owned by IC. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my... (more)

The LSF54 local crosses the Vermillion River as it makes its was south through Pontiac heading back home to Bloomington.

A train of autoracks from Yard Nine heads east through Chicago & North Western’s Proviso Yard on February 9, 1992. A pair of Conrail GE C40-8W locomotive provide motive power for the train.

Amtrak 161 leads the Southwest Chief West through Westmont.

Like A Chicago Seventies Scene With Tri-X. It was not the 1970s but a very retro moment on April 15, 2022 when Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) with AMTK 130 (P42DC, Phase II) and Amtrak ... (more)

A pair of SD70MACs lead a train of empty coal hoppers through Montgomery. 08/16/23

Like A Chicago Seventies Scene. It was not the 1970s but a very retro moment on April 15, 2022 when Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) with AMTK 130 (P42DC, Phase II) and Amtrak 4 (Southwes... (more)

A South Shore detour crosses the Little Calumet River on the IC main line headed for Matteson, Griffith and back to the South Shore at Stillwell.

Rock Island EMD E9A 662 leads a 4 unit set of E and F units for a freight train. The new RTA F40s freed up some of these units from there Commuter train roles making for a strange looking set of... (more)

Iowa Interstate SISW is seen making the return trip from Bureau to Silvis passing through Mineral with the pair of SD38-2s

Iowa Interstate train SISW is seen making a run to Bureau with a pair of SD38-2s and GP38-2s. The geeps will be dropped off at Bureau and the SDs will return to Silvis with a few cars.