On an unseasonably warm late autumn afternoon, LPJ05 races over the Fox River with a GP60, GP15, and a AC44. For the most part, engines without CNW Cab Signaling cant lead on the UP Geneva Sub. UP... (more)

OMLX GP38-3 #1019 leads a string of empty BNSF coal cars to Ottawa, as some fall colors hang on in mid October. Heading north across a little bridge just south of town, this is the last of the coa... (more)

The last one? For years, the Illinois Railway Streator Branch has been home to a significant number of stored BNSF coal cars. Lately, the IR has slowly been removing the cars to send back to the B... (more)

The fall vegetable stand is in full swing as the TP&W pulls an eastbound out of the yards over the NS.

CSXT 754 leads an intermodal through Blue Island Illinois on a cold morning.

IHB 4020 and 1512 cross the Little Calumet River as they make their shove move into Blue Island Yard, utilizing the West Yard Lead. #4020 is one of three GP40-2LW's purchased from Metro East Indus... (more)

Inaugural runs for the Chicago and Northwestern heritage locomotive, here the train heads outbound over I90 / I 94, with the METX 402 trailing. Of note, is the Chicago and Northwestern heralds th... (more)

While most Chicago railfans were enjoying Showcase Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum, me and a few friends ventured down to Lemont, Illinois to catch BNSF local train M-CHIGAL. When we heard ... (more)

After trekking through downtown Chicago, M337 heads over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The train is a mile or two out from Hawthorne Yard where the train will be recrewed and head west to I... (more)

R CHI424 crosses the Mississippi River and the BNSF's Crescent Bridge, on its way to Barstow, IL. A GP39M and a GP50 make for a nice set of 4-axle EMD's.

UP 1111 leads a southbound mixed manifest through Momence Illinois over the Kankakee river.

A pair of KCS engines power the Q train ROBCHI to chicago, passing through the truss over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal.

It's been quite a while since a GP60M has led around the Chicagoland area. That changed on July 24th, 2020 as #103 (now classified as a GP60M-3) and SD60M #1407 hustled west across the Kankakee Ri... (more)

YYCCN, UP's transfer from Yard Center to Markham, makes its way south through Harvey with SD70M #2002 in charge. The 2002 is one of two specially painted Olympic units on the UP. The Chicago skyli... (more)

Led by a very grimy SD40, an Illinois Central coal train crosses the Kankakee River. Paul Meyer photo.