CN 5690 sits tied down while EJ&E 665 is good for 6. The sign on the right reads Begin Leighton Sub End Matteson Sub MP 0

Chicago....Railroad Hub of the Nation..., reads the plaque on the wall I found, behind the garbage can. Placed by the National Railway Historical Society, Historic Plaque Commision, 1993

CSXT 8540 eastbound along Route 30 to Blue Island,

CN 7033 about to bring in 12 to the car shop, at the Joliet Yard

New Mexico Lumber Company Shay No. 7 probably wasn't maintained as well in 1929 as it is today, Ephraim Shay would be proud

EJ&E 666, 671 & 664 hauls a state line coal train out of Joliet on a beautiful sunny morning.

Metra 207 approaches New Lenox Station

The crew of the WC 3018 is working on putting their train together, they even have a sign to prove it. This GP40 has been around the block a few times. It started life as Seaboard Coast Line R... (more)

EJ&E 703 heads back to the yard, with 12 empties

The 665 idles on the south end of the yard on a very cold sunny morning

EJ&E 650 & 668 approach MP25 on an early morning run on the Illinois River Line.

EJ&E 446 gets ready to depart the yard with the Smurfit Stone job

EJ&E 657 comes back light from Walker

A friendly wave from the crew of the EJ&E 300 as they head to their next job at Desoto

As the sun rises on a cold and frosty morning at the CN Yard a Kansas City Southern Locomotive that showed up the day before now sits tied down in the North Yard