The flagman does his job while the maintanance crew connects the new gate to the crossing mechanism; the old broken gate is now on the roof of the truck.

Nice! Two unpatched ATSF units lead a Z train west.

405 smokes it up as it accelerates out of DG-Main Street.

The setting sun and rain clouds darken the scene at Downers Grove.

BNSF 4539, a Dash 8, and a Dash 9 lead a Westbound Stack Train.

With a UP Dash 8 and a very rare CP AC4400CW with the Steerable trucks.

An interesting paint job...The nose herald now reads "Sant" due to the fact that the complete left side of the the front of the locomotive is painted red.

406 is passed by her sister, 407, at MP21. 407 is doing 65mph on an express to Naperville. Notice 406's silver-ringed windshield and the reflection on 407.

I made sure my 100th photo was something special; so here's a three-way Metra meet with two MP36s.

Ahh! It's hideous! A super-faded, pink Dash 9 leads empty spine cars east.

Two Bluebonnet Geeps on the local today! A very rare GP7 followed by a GP35! Twice today I saw two Bluebonnets together. The other pair was a GP60 and a GP30.

The local has a grain and plywood for deliveries to the Pepperidge farm factory and Hines Lumber.

It's a good thing I shouted at this stupid commuter to stop crossing (even though the gates were down and the bells dinging), otherwise he might have had his first and last encounter with a GE sno... (more)

Another amazing lashup on the BNSF - The railfan friendly railroad. Here we have a BNSF Dash 9, an RLCX B39-8E, an NS Dash 9, another RLCX B39-8E, a BNSF Bluebonnet SD45-2, and a Warbonnet Dash-8C... (more)