The H-NTWBRC heads south through Nerska with about 4,000ft of train in tow. It's not far from it's destination of Clearing Yard on the BRC in the near southside, and is slamming the diamonds of th... (more)

The M-CHIGAL gets rolling at Harbor in Hodgkins with a little throttle swipe and a subsequent smoke show.

MCHIGAL shoves out from the GM Lead and into CP Harbor with around 55 cars of general merchandise for Galesburg, Illinois. A pair of recently reworked SD75M's is in charge of the train, making for... (more)

BNSF's Streator Turn, the weekend incarnation of the LCHI101 road freight, heads west through Toluca in arguably better days. The "super pool" has done away with the seniority based crew... (more)

The morning poo-patrol heads east under Harlem in Lyons, with the newly repainted and very clean MP15DC leading the way.

A true "Wow, I can't believe this happened!".. actually happened on March 11th of 2017, as an Amtrak Cascades F59PHI escaped from Washington State leading Amtrak 8, and was turned and re... (more)

CN P300 is seen here again, heading south past the depot in Kankakee. A quick layover in Joliet allowed us to beat the train from Normantown to Kankakee, with great time to spare!

My "target" for the day was to shoot Metra 425 passing this building, and I'd say I achieved that. It's painted in the Rock Island scheme to honor retired CEO Don Orseno. I hoped for sun, but go... (more)

One of the newest Metra's rebuilds, a F40PHM-3 released from Progress Rail a few months back, leads a evening outbound through LaGrange's Stone Avenue under rapidly changing light and weather cond... (more)

The Soo 1003 charges south through Avalon, WI with engineer Ken Ristow at the throttle. It's headed for Chicago and points south as part of a fundraiser for Shriner's Children's Hospital and a spe... (more)

A faded pumpkin leads a westbound coal empty under the searchlights at Ancona on a warm fall day in late 2017.

FWWR's Cresson Turn thunders south through the north end of Primrose Siding on the FWWR's Cresson Line. Leading the train is a former C&NW GP50, passing ATSF searchlights on jointed rail... doesn'... (more)

Just like the days of ole', EJ&E 667 leads a short L528 south through the curve between Normantown and Field, headed back to Joliet after a days work in West Chicago and Aurora. The unit retains i... (more)

IAIS 153, one of three SD38-2's left on the roster, leads the extra Silvis to Blue Island road freight east through the searchlights at Robbins, Illinois last April.

A duo of golden orange IHB units head north through Broadway Street in Blue Island, destined for Norpaul and interchange to CP at Franklin Park. The leader, 4010, is a rare SP era GP40P-2, which w... (more)