Weekend excursions run over the former SOU LL Branch with Bluegrass Railroad Museum.

IC 1024 wait for its next assignment at Joliet Yard on a hot summer evening.

Illinois Central train from Iowa comes off St. Charles Airline to head south toward Homewood.

IC SD70 1024 leads CN L536 South through Riverdale.

It strikes me that it's probably possible to track the history of the Paducah rebuild program by the appurtenances used on the excellent rebuilt units. The tri-lights replaced Pyle rotating light... (more)

Not exactly stealth but not exactly pretty, but at least they stopped doing "bug eye" headlights. Not a great number of these were done.

Northbound past the closed tower at a great place to watch trains. Unit was originally BN. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

Canadian National L53691 is racing out of the city passing through Kensington and the Interlocking Control Tower with CN 1019 wearing Illinois Central Paint. The 536 job works between Glenn and Ki... (more)

Illinois Central GE U30B 5004 with two leased B&LE F7 units leading a St. Louis-bound freight near Gilman, Illinois on October 12, 1969. Photo by R.R. Wallin, from my collection.

Illinois Central E6 4003 and E7 4007 are leading train 51 The Green Diamond near Springfield, Illinois on March 7, 1955. The Green Diamond covered the 294 miles from Chicago to St. Louis in 4 ... (more)

A clean looking elegant E7 gets serviced at a locomotive facility.

The Green Diamond makes a station stop. In the full size scan there appears to be a GP9 coupled to what looks like a baggage car on the rear.

Two of Illinois Central RS3's in service. Probably working the Peabody coal trains.

Not very many Alco C636's were built, but the Illinois Central purchased six of these units with the intention of hauling coal trains. Unfortunately, even though they were the most powerful six ax... (more)

It’s a cold, but sunny afternoon in the South Side of Chicago, as Canadian National’s daily L536 transfer job from Glenn Yard to Kirk Yard is seen racing out of Downtown Chicago while parallel... (more)