It was a classic Illinois Central scene in Homewood this evening. IC SD70 1027 leads L517 under the IC era signal bridge, nearing Markham Yard.

Illinois Central 1518 is displayed along the Ohio River floodwall in downtown Paducah, KY. The 2-8-2 was built by Lima in 1923, but like most IC steam power, was extensively modified at IC's Paduc... (more)

Traces of Conrail. The only units left on Class I's that are still in Conrail blue plaint since Conrail days are the ex-LMSX IC Dash8-40CW's on CN, which initially were leased units shared ... (more)

An IC SD40-3 shoves empty ore cars toward the outgoing yard at Two Harbors while the American Steamship Company 1000-footer American Century loads taconite iron ore pellets for Indiana Harbor.

A fairly clean EMD power set shoves 48 empty ore cars past the laker Joseph L. Block that is in the process of unloading limestone. The limestone will be loaded into the ore cars 6252 is positioni... (more)

IC GP40R 3108 switches at Ivanhoe with L516.

Rolling down home rails, IC SD70 1015 leads the Glenn-Markham transfer south under the pedestrian bridge at 43rd Street.

IC SD70 1029 leads CN Q116 south through Flossmoor.

Although red is now the rule instead of maroon, in this scene we still see a P5, searchlight signals and steaming pellets.

A trio of EMD's open it up as they head to Van Loon for switching. Bessemer 866 is third out.

The CN was filled with nice lash-ups today. L517's air test is almost complete as the crew prepares to depart Markham, bound for Kirk Yard. A right at home IC SD70 leads the way, followed by a CN ... (more)

The sun was being quite helpful as IC SD70 1029 led the Q116 through Flossmoor. In charge of a hot stack train bound for the old GTW at Griffith and points east, this SD70 is right at home on its ... (more)

A repainted ex-LMS/Illinois Central Dash 8 leads St Albans-Montreal Canadian National 323 through Cantic.

CN 310 with some nice power. A later than usual CN 310 has an IC SD70 leading (IC 1015) as well as another as DPU (class leader IC 1000) as it passes through Turcot West with 694 axles. It ... (more)

A delay in leaving the port. CN 149 will have to wait longer than usual to leave the Port of Montreal due to a broken rail ahead on the CN Wharf Spur. In the mean time it sits on Port of Mo... (more)