BNSF SD70MAC 8908 leads a flood detour west through Wood Dale.

Aa the sun breaks out for a minute, KCS 4144 leads CP 472 east through Wood Dale.

A pair of UP SD40N's, a pair of CP GP38-2's and a SOO GP38-2 lead CP 472 east through Wood Dale. Five EMD's in run 8 with sanders made for quite the show.

Inbound Metra train splits a pair of Milwaukee searchlight signals. These are getting extremely rare.

A pair of UP GE's split the classic, Milwaukee Road searchlights in Wood Dale. At this point, any searchlight out there is to be considered endangered.

A trio of SD40-2s bring train 471 up the hill and between the Milwaukee Road signals at Wood Dale.

273 passes the search lights at Ash Street shortly after departing Bensenville.

After enjoying a trackside lunch at a little drive-in called Shorty's in Wood Dale, my Dad observes an outbound scoot head west towards Elgin.

Hard to remember when a gallon of gas was below a buck.

272 rolls through Wood Dale with a pair of lessors today.

The patrol returns to Bensenville Yard from Schaumburg, with SOO GP38-2 4442 leading, crossing over Irving Park Road in Wood Dale.

As Lufthansa Flight #430 is at the end of it's journey from Frankfurt, Germany as it descends towards runway 10 at KORD (Chicago O'hare), CP 272 swings around the curve at Wood Dale and slows for ... (more)

Metra 611 pulls out of the Wood Dale station at restricted speed after a driver broke the gate off of one of the cantilevers in town, which ironically, wasn't being protected by any police cruiser... (more)

A trio of smoking EMD's lead 589 out of Bensenville, passing through Wood Dale. In the process, they create their very own blizzard.

Chicago's second major snow event of 2012 has Metra 111 running ten minutes behind schedule, much to the dismay of the few passengers on the westbound platform whom have no shelter from the snow a... (more)