The Argonne Switcher has just gotten going again, and has an unusually long train today, which is composed of all boxcars save one lone hopper. This GP35u is a new but welcome site to the branch, ... (more)

BNSF 4230, is an ex-ATSF unit, painted in H1, with a Santa Fe yellow A/C unit, and a cascade green door that must have come off a C30-7. 4230 is backing down this siding to pick up its last car(a ... (more)

Local traffic around Willow Springs and Lemont once warranted a yard here at the end of the Argonne Branch. However, the decline of local traffic and the building of nearby Willow Springs yard mos... (more)