on a very lucky day for me while checking the south end of ICG's exIC Markum yard on the south side of Chicago ICG's second (and only) BiCentennial painted unit was leading a train south out of th... (more)

A set of vintage Metra electric highliners head north through Homewood. Metra is slowly but surely replacing these with new Nippon Shayro M.Us.

Home sweet Homewood, indeed.

Metra Electric District train #129 has just departed out of its stop at Homewood. In less than a mile, it will make its next stop at Flossmoor.

Running Repair.

A northbound Metra electric train zips by, slowing for its stop up ahead at Homewood. Slowly, these vintage, former ICG highliners are being phased out as new cars arrive.

Working a pulldown job, IC 3115 and CN 9547 shove hard into Markham Yard. Two classy paint schemes are represented here, the IC "Deathstar" and the CN "Noodle."

In sweet morning light, British Columbia Railway #4605 leads a northbound, extra grain train under the Illinois Central era signal bridge in Homewood.

A flashback to October 2008 shows IC 1500 working with a slug set at the south end of Markham Yard. Unfortunately (depending on how you look at it) the IC 1500 was scrapped on July 17, 2013 becaus... (more)

Based on more recent shots of this area CN has really cleaned up the property. This must have been the area they put stuff when told "just throw it out back."

IC 3120 and 9562 bring their train out of Markham Yard.

Former "J" unit switches the CN yard with the conductor riding on the front step.

WC 3027 one of just two GP40-2's owned by the WC and also wearing a special paint job sits inside the Homewood shops after being pulled from several months of sitting in the deadlines outside. 302... (more)