BRC 126 leads the Franklin Park Railroad Daze display set back to Bensenville Yard. Included in the set are BRC 126, BRC 151 (MP15AC), IHB 2141 (NRE 3GS21B), UP 2001 (Olympic Torch Relay unit SD70... (more)

A long line of engines await their fate at NRE in Silvis, IL. Included are NREX 2707 which started out life as UP 3014 in March of 1966 before being sold off to Southern Pacific, only to come back... (more)

Brand new and awaiting delivery, CIC 204 & 203 sit outside IAIS's Silvis car shops.

Heavy morning clouds give me the chance to get a few half way decent shots of UP 1983 as it sits on display for Rochelle Railroad Days 2017 with sister unit 1982.

UP 3016 & 3027 head west just outside of Rochelle, IL.

BNSF 2351 leads a Metra coach towards Rochelle, IL. This coach is going back to Nipon Sharyo in Rochelle for repairs or upgrades.

BN 3 shoves the IRM Christmas train past the Depot St. stop.

A dream come true. I have always wanted to shoot the C&NW Twins passing C&NW signals. Well on the morning of my birthday, I said enough was enough and made a dream a reality. C&NW 8646 leads the w... (more)

One last run. C&NW 8701 leads sister unit 8646 on IG2G2 as they head east through the small town of Creston, IL. About a week after I took this picture, it was announced that the "Twins" would be ... (more)

Still wearing it's C&NW heritage, this caboose sits in Butler Yard in Butler, WI with a short cut of cars.

UP 1038 gives a shove on the rear as the UP Belvidere local runs right down the middle of N. Madison St. in Rockford, IL.

CP 5030 highballs it out of Davis Junction, IL with CP 473 in tow through the thick and wet snowfall.

WAMX 3895 leads Soo Line 1003 east towards Slinger, WI. This train was supposed to make it to Janesville, WI tonight to head to Chicago, IL on Friday morning but unfortunately the CN could not giv... (more)

What started life as Milwaukee Road 202A in 1956 has worn many different paint schemes for many roads. Some of those include Alaska RR, Amtrak, Milwaukee Road as stated above, and the short lived ... (more)

CP 5030, a recently rebuilt SD40-2, makes one of it's first runs on the CP Chicago Sub. As the snow falls, it kicks it right back up as it does a solid 40 mph through Kirkland, IL.