Amtrak's Hiawatha service 334 rolls towards Chicago as it passes through Gurnee, IL with AMTK 514 leading.

An extra grain train heads West across the CN Freeport Sub. Here the train is passing over Yellow Creek Drive, just East of Freeport.

The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America organization operated two days of excursions with restored DDA40X "Centennial" locomotive #6936, with Iowa Interstate providing ES44AC #513 fo... (more)

An eastbound manifest from the TP&W Yard in East Peoria is seen here making its way through the downtown of Washington, Illinois. A four pack of SD40s would be what was on the menu for this day's ... (more)

The eastbound run of the Quad Cities Rocket earlier in the day yielded an unfortunate cloud at this location. The westbound run yielded no such thing as the Centennial DDA40X #6936 crossed the Roc... (more)

NS 9800 bringing its train across Lake Decatur on an early August evening.

At the end of a cloudy and rainy day, the sun peeks out for the last hour or so. With the lighting being better than what I bargained for, the race was on between the train showing up soon or the ... (more)

City of New Orleans outbound from Chicago crosses South Branch of Chicago River on St. Charles Airline Bridge

There was a very nice house (seen under the bridge) where the BNSF River Line passes over UP's ex-CNW main. I was ready to put in an offer and wondered if they would rent me a room or if they'd l... (more)

NS D36 for Decatur heading through downtown Monticello on the Bloomington District. Unfortunately, this job is now littered with SD60Es.

LES101 returning to the KCS yard in East St. Louis after a run to the CSX in Rose Lake.

CN 3313 is leading the daily L503 through the Blue Island Diamond.

Metra 107, the City of Oak Forest, cruises over the Fox River in Geneva. UP is in the process of triple tracking the area.

A pair of Wisconsin & Southern's red and silver SD60M locomotives - 6022 and 6023 - team up to lead train T001 across the little bridge over the Manitou Creek in Long Lake, IL.

A pair of H1 Dash 9s leading VBLUPTS for Portland, Oregon, with autos from the Indiana Harbor Belt. Here they are seen crossing the Illinois River near Coal City and Mazon, Illinois, on the Chilli... (more)