With more than half of UPs SD70Ms in storage, a welcomed surprise rounds the bend as MALPR approaches Bensenville, to bypass, and eventually Proviso.

A slightly earlier return back to Eola from Western Ave in the city, the 457 job coasts west with a GP & a 40.

After a traffic jam in Bensenville, 287 makes its way north on the New Line towards the C&M with an SD60 & T4 Gevo.

A pair of 40Ns take the daily G41 transfer through B12 interlocking in Franklin Park.

K9 Kody passed away not too long ago, and to commemorate his name, it was added to the Police K9 Dog Memorial. Back to the 28th, a pair of Illinois Central SD70s take the daily L509 down the River... (more)

CP 281 Maneuvers through the curves of Elmwood Park, with a former Southern Pacific AC44 in charge.

A later than usual 457 hauls east with a 67 car train for western ave. in Chicago. Heres the GP pair flying thru the Lisle Metra Station.

This engine brought many railfans trackside... as a GP60M hasn’t led near Chicago in quite a long time. Heres the 60M flying through the truss over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal.

A pair of GEs take an autorack train around the bend out of Savanna, and along the Great Mississippi River. Not many places in Illinois with as great of scenery as Savanna.

A pair of CP ECOs traverse the Mississippi River into Iowa on a very humid afternoon.

In the final 20 minutes of sunlight, a pair of GEs round the bend in Union Mills with an Intermodal in tow.

Technically in LaPorte city limits, the Kingsbury Job accelerates northwest towards Michigan City after working two industries in LaPorte.

On the final approach into Michigan City, the Kingsbury job crawls passed the Sullair Plant... a mere few miles from the Yard Limits.

After returning from Kingsbury, the CSS GP pair would eventually cut off from his cars, and park his power outside the yard. A yard crew would come later and shuffle the cars around, and into, the... (more)

On a warm summer afternoon, the Kingsbury Job’s power splits in two, one GP with tank cars, one GP with grain cars. They would spend another 30 minutes switching around and building a train befo... (more)