An empty bottle train works back towards East Chicago. The train just came out of the ArcelorMittal steel-making plant in Riverdale, These bottle trains are loaded at 3 different blast furnaces in... (more)
This bottle train popped out from behind the BNSF empty auto racker pulling into Gibson. Both jobs are about to cross the NS line to Ft. Wayne near the Illinois-Indiana Stateline. The bottle train... (more)
Westbound Metra West Line train #37 is off from their station stop at the UP shops. The train dropped off a bunch of employees. The group will grab 10 units to the left and head downtown to pick u... (more)
Over 13 parked train sets can be seen here from this view at the Metra Aurora yard over the weekend. There are plenty more sets out of site around the curve. Crazy to see all these train waiting o... (more)
Back in 2019 work is closing in quick to replace these old Rock Island era signals. A Metra outbound train passes under the classic signals on the Joliet Sub.
Signals retired October 2022.