CNs Millsdale local crawls south out of Lemont with a pair of IC GP40Rs for power. Seen to the side is Lemont depot, which stands as the oldest operational train depot in the state that still resi... (more)

CNs Millsdale local rockets north around the 1am hour with a matched pair of IC GP40Rs for power.

CN L545, known as the Millsdale Oil Local, is in the process of working Olin Chlor Alkali in Lemont. Tonight's train consists of a pair of Illinois Central GP40R's. Both units still wear Deathstar... (more)

An eclectic set of EMD's leads L515 out of Kirk towards Homewood.

L501's crew is shoving their delivery into EMCO Chemical Packaging. A really nice leader, in the form of an Illinois Central Deathstar GP40R, is in charge today.

After working the Nestle plant in Burlington, L504 heads back north to Waukesha with IC 3102 and GTW 4927.

IC 3115 & IC 9622 lead the charge of CN L56591-11 as they work their way westbound up and out of the Mississippi River Valley, darting under the old Highway 20 overpass in the Julien neighborhood ... (more)

Down The Main Street. After some switching at KA Steel (Olin Chemical), the Millsdale Oil Local, L545, crawls through historic Downtown Lemont due to PTC restrictions up to Flagstone while ... (more)

With a IC GP40R in it’s orignal “Deathstar” scheme followed by a GTW repaint, L565 can be seen beginning their evening as they depart Dubuque to head to Manchester.

IC 3108 and 3115 have just dropped their cars off in Kankakee Yard and now head south to where they park the power for the Kankakee local. Here they are passing by the Illinois Central depot here ... (more)

CN R960 comes blasting through the small town of Peotone, Illinois with a duo of IC GP40's. The duo looks right at home passing by the former Illinois Central depot.

Late afternoon finds a pull down at the west end of Kirk Yard.

After finishing up their work at the Minntac plant, the Keenan Switch job takes the rarely used switch at Noimi Jct. to head north to Virginia to pick up some cars in the former DWP yard before re... (more)

Illinois Central, IC GP40R's 3108 - 3110 with a southbound crossing the TP&W diamond at Gillman, Illinois. June 18, 1993. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Having left Keenan yard and getting on the CN Iron Range sub its now off to switch loads for empties at Dyno Nobel on a nice morning.