Westbound "Bird" sweeps beneath JB Interlocking home signals at West Chicago, IL

UP 4122 leads a westbound manifest through Glen Ellyn, IL, meeting an eastbound intermodal train in 11 inches of new snow.

CN2676 pulls a southbound freight at South Switch Tolono, Illinois.

CN2613 leads a fast freight southbound on former Illinois Central rails near Arcola, Illinois.

CN Train M334 accelerates south after a meet at the Tolono, Illinois siding.

BNSF 4698 leads an eastbound bare-table train past the Alma Farmers Union Co-op on the Mississipi River line.

CP 4609 (GP40) rests at Red Wing, MN.

Remote control unit BNSF 8887 pushes an eastbound coal train near Osceola, IA. BNSF assigns just two SD70MACs, one on each end, to many coal trains on the Creston Sub.

Warbonnet BNSF 8230 leads an empty coal train west towards the setting sun through the big curve east of Murray, IA on BNSF's Creston Sub.

Eastbound carload freight crosses over from Track 1 to 2 at CP 412 (Goshen) on the ex-NYC Chicago Line.

Intermodal train CSX 4707 East passes a carload freight at La Paz, IN on the ex-B&O Chicago main.

IC&E 6450 West approaches Davis Jct., IL