CN Bessemer & Lake Erie Subdivision running a trio of Illinois Central SD70s that has just pulled a long heavy iron ore train into North Bessemer Yard.

IC 1012 leads this Northbound passed Ackerville Wisconsin. Its always nice to see some classic EMD power leading a road train in 2022

On a windy chilly afternoon, an engine quite familiar with this line, an IC SD70, rumbles west by the IC era R2 trilight signal outside Plato Center. With these older signals being wiped off the m... (more)

UP MREEWX-17 with a pair of former IC standard cabs head south through Downtown Bryan.

With temps hovering at 6 degrees Fahrenheit, there is an abundance of frost on the ground and on the coaches of the CN-IC Santa Train. This turned out to be the last year an IC E-Unit would be on... (more)

CN L572 is pulling south from Oakwood Junction with 148 NS interchange cars.

Four engines, four different paint schemes!

At sunset, CN YRP003 22 is pulling towards Cascades (X595) with 7 loaded cars. This customer is the last one that is still active at... (more)

Its the first day of Spring and Joliet Yard is loaded with IC SD70's on this nice evening.

Nothing says history like the old Illinois Central (now amtrak) station depot in downtown Kankakee. With this, two IC SD70s lead a wayfreight south towards Centralia on a crystal clear afternoon

A408 heading South through Paxton as snow flurries begin to fall.

With a taconite train coming north, IC 1026 crawls along the siding in Paxton with a long train for Centralia in tow.

On a crystal clear afternoon, CNs Chicago to Centralia way freight hustles south through the town of Ashkum. Home rails for these IC SD70s, a scene all too familiar on this line.

CN L572 is heading for Flat Rock with NS interchange traffic pulled from Oakwood Yard.

Running Its Home Rails of the Past Illinois Central GP40R 3107, still wearing the IC Deathstar scheme, brings the CN Hattiesburg, MS - Evanston, MS turn L543 south on the former IC Beaumont Dis... (more)