The 2011 Santa Train departs Battle Creek to head for Chicago after spending the night on RIP track #1 for Battle Creek display. Not the best weather conditions for Santa but we take what we get. ... (more)

Smoking just a bit, the IC 101 leads the Santa Special under the former Newberry Road Bridge in Durand, Michigan. How times change. CN has since sold off the IC E-9A Set and the bridge has burne... (more)

Illinois Central SD70 #1019 leads CSX Q542 through downtown passing the adjacent NS signals at 'Grinnell'.

As the season's first snow falls, a Canadian National double-stack train makes its way south through the "white stuff" behind Illinois Central Dash 9-44CW 2710 and Canadian National SD75... (more)

After setting out cars on another track, BNSF 1060 shoves back onto another track to set out the IC 1034 and IC 1028 before going back to their train and onto Galesburg Illinois.

A 2014 Ford Raptor SVT stands by as a pair of Illinois Central SD70's leads a train crossing into Kendal County on a beautiful day.

IC 1010 and 1017 rolls through the cornfields just outside of Minooka on a beautiful late fall day.

IC 1010 and 1017 approaches the Caton Farm Road grade crossing on their trip down the Illinois River Sub to work industries in Morris.

Its a beautiful afternoon as IC 1021 takes the day off.

IC 1010 and IC 1017 rolls up to the north end of Joliet Yard past 4 other IC SD70's to retrieve their cars prior to a run down the Illinois River line to Morris.

One thing I did not expect to see was a report of Illinois Central "Death Star" leading CN train Q123 from Nova Scotia to the states. However that's exactly what I saw on my lunch break ... (more)

METX 122 leads an outbound train through the western suburbs of Chicago on a nice fall day.

Its the Fall of 2022 and IC SD70's still dominate the L509 job as it rolls into Minooka on a beautiful fall day.

Its the Fall of 2022 and IC SD70's still dominate the L509 job as it rolls into Minooka on a beautiful fall day.

Four IC SD70's waits for their next assignment at Joliet Yard. Someone got creative at Woodcrest Shop and instaled some wooden numbers for the rear number boards on IC 1036.