On a sunny morning, SW1's 2 and 3 lead their recently dumped cars out of the drying fields. Both units are in their 70th year of service.

A faded Cascade green GP50 is in charge of the Willow Springs ramp job as it shoves a string of baretables into the yard.

A pair of Grand Trunk Western GP38-2's, both still wearing original paint, lead a massive cut of cars out of the west end of Kirk Yard.

The double heritage 17V continues its journey to Bensenville, IL as it crosses the Calumet River drawbridge at CP 509 of the NS Chicago Line. Just up ahead, the train will hop onto the Belt Railwa... (more)

Another Illinois Central edition of L536 makes its way by 16th Street Tower on a rainy and foggy 2-22-22. In the background is the 1919-built St. Charles Airline lift bridge. The Airline hasn't se... (more)

With GP38-2 #815 in charge, UP local YPR60B shoves its one boxcar into the Chicago Tribune, right next to the Chicago River. The conductor and a few UP maintainers spent about a half hour dealing ... (more)

As an afternoon layer of fog rolls in to blanket the area, a pair of IC deathstar SD70's and a GTW GP38-2 slowly cross the diamonds at 16th Street with the day's L536 to Kirk Yard.

Double heritage. NS 17V heads west by the 112 year old Gary Union Station. Leading the way is Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit, followed by Canadian Pacific's Military Tribute SD70ACu. It'... (more)

Shortly after hitting the diamonds with the old Rock Island, Q116 makes its way across the muddy Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side.

After waiting for a Metra train to leave town, the British Columbia Railway heritage unit continues its trip to Markham as it crosses the old Rock Island diamonds in Joliet.

The BC Rail heritage unit slowly rolls up on the Rock in Joliet, awaiting signal indication. In charge of Q116, the train is bound for Moyers' Intermodal Terminal in Markham.

After a wait at East Bridge Junction, the BC Rail heritage unit leads Q116 across the old EJ&E Bridge 198 and the Des Plaines River.

Southbound train Q116 rolls across the DuPage River in Plainfield. The British Columbia Railway heritage unit is in charge on this cold and sunny afternoon.

Western Avenue Yard is switched out by a GP50 that still wears its Santa Fe paint. Despite it being a mainly cloudy afternoon, the sun managed to make a few appearances to showcase the classic Blu... (more)

The Belt Railway of Chicago's North Outside Industry job (NOSI) departs Charter Steel with a one car pickup. After heading up the connection to the Kenton Line, the crew will head north to run aro... (more)