After traversing NS over the cover of darkness, BNs empties for North Antelope Mine in Wyoming are seen making their way down the BNSF Racetrack with a rebuilt 70mac up front.

Paralleling BNSFs Copper City mainline, the Butte Anaconda & Pacific sees similar seldom volume, but has an upgrade for power with two very unique GP9s still operational. Heres one of the two, alo... (more)

With a heavy train for Rapid City, the Belle Fourche turn screams out of Sturgis with three of RCPEs finest up front.

Doing its biyearly run down the New Rock sub, the CSX Geometry train crawls over Bridge 407 in downtown Joliet on a sunny Thursday afternoon.

Running through the Red Oak Nature Center between Aurora and Batavia, BNSFs West Chicago job crawls north with the only active smurf on the roster, and one of the three active ATSF warbonnet paint... (more)

BNSFs West Chicago branchline, a branchline that can only handle 4-axle power, sees a big train on a cold Monday morning. 15 cars pulled by Eola’s dynamic duo.

BNSF’s “West Chicago Job”, although it doesn't travel that far anymore, it does go as far as Batavia. Here is said job crawling into Batavia with a Smurf & Warbonnet B40-8W for power.

After sitting in the city all night, coal empties from NS highball west along the Mendota sub, with a cab light 70mac rebuild taking the charge.

The last of its kind left on an active BNSF roster, along with one of roughly seven left active, having a “smurf” and warbonnet 4-axle dash 8 paired up, and running on the mainline, was quite ... (more)

Still new to the Chicago area, one of the many new Metra SD70MACHs is seen here ducking under the famed CP Morgan signal set as it heads west for Elgin.

One of Metra’s new locomotives, the SD70MACH, is seen here rounding around Tower A2 just outside of downtown Chicago. Surreal feeling watching these new rebuilt passenger spec coal-hauling engin... (more)

The talk of the town, Metra’s new six-axle toys, have been quite desired among railfans native to the city… myself included. After running rush hour sets in the overnight hours, the 505 makes ... (more)

As Chicagoland preps for the Christmas weekend, IAIS provides a Christmas present of their own. A GP38 & the 516 heritage locomotive on the morning eastbound into Blue Island, seen here passing th... (more)

On the first chilly morning of the season in Chicagoland, UP’s Western Pacific heritage locomotive rumbles east with stacks for UP’s Global IV yard in Joliet. This iconic spot may not have too... (more)

After working UP’s Global II in Proviso, UP 6706, the last active C&NW patch locomotive, drags stacks east for NS’s Ashland Ave. yard. Seen here, in River Forest.