WAMX 4173 leads WSOR train T001 past the Metra depot in Libertyville, IL the night before the nation's 247th birthday. This is the only SD40-2 on the WSOR roster equipped with PTC, allowing it to ... (more)

WAMX 6031 takes a rare daylight T-004 through Libertyville over the Des Plaines river towards the Belt Railway of Chicago’s Clearing Yard.

WSOR T-001-03 rolls west over the Des Plaines River in Libertyville, IL with the railroad's flared-radiator SD40 in lead adorned with flags.

Metra 99 takes NCS train 109 north across the CP Fox Lake Subdivision diamond at Prairie Crossing in Libertyville, IL.

A pair of Canadian Pacific SD70ACu's lead eastbound train 680 through Libertyville, closing in on Rondout.

Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit brings an outbound train over Midlothian Road. The replacement nose herald it in the works.

SLRG 103 leads the deadhead move of the IPH Polar Express across the CP Fox Lake Sub. The train is destine for Middleton, WI where IPH had about 5 miles of trackage rights over the WSOR Prairie Su... (more)

CP 288 heads east through Libertyville, fast approaching Rondout with a crazy lash-up.

A Chicago-bound CN Z-train transits the ex-WC main line south from Wisconsin through Prairie Crossing.

A CP SD60 and an SD60M, both former Soo Line units, hold with train 686 at Atkinson Road in Libertyville, awaiting signal indication through Rondout.

Amtrak and CP race east, approaching Rondout. Amtrak would edge out the CP at the crossing.

Another trio of SD40-2's hold at Atkinson Road with 276. With switching duties and delays, it took this train over ten hours to get from Portage to Rondout, a distance of about 140 miles. A recrew... (more)

A trio of SD40-2's, the leader being one of a kind, hold just short of Rondout.

Waiting for traffic ahead to clear, CP 632 cools its heels just north of Rondout with the last ICE SD40-2 in IMRL paint. With Hunter Harrison's plans for CP, it's anyone's guess as to how long the... (more)