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)

Q-CHIROB crosses the over 120 year old swing bridge over the Chicago Sanitary Ship Canal. Leading the train is KCS 4187, a clean KCS SD70ACe. This train used to be have KCS power pretty regularly ... (more)

This summer, I had the privilege to witness UP 4014, Union Pacific's restored "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, ply the rails of the UP mainline once again, this time leading the "... (more)

A matching trio of WSOR-painted units lead a northbound train empty over the Embarras River and towards Oakland. This train was received from the CN at Neoga and will be loaded at ADM Oakland befo... (more)

The CN ran their executive train out to Waterloo on March 28th. Along for the ride was a group from the IANR team seeing the sites. The train made awesome time as it traveled from Markham to Water... (more)

UP 4014 goes over I-294 at Thornton, IL. This bridge really puts into perspective just how large the Big Boy is compared to everything else. Additionally, the bridge still wears C&EI lettering ... (more)