In a rare move on the hack line, No 71 has received the green flag from the operator at Wood to proceed west. Note the amount of ballast that was required to bring the passenger main up to match t... (more)

Heading down the 6-track thoroughfare, through Hyde Park bound for Markham Yard.

Some late afternoon thundershowers have just cleared the area...just in time to light IC 6259,WC 2001,IC 3106 as they depart N. Fond du Lac with the Wisconsin Rapids train.

A scene that may vanish ...

This is the only time I ever witnessed trains passing in downtown Chicago on the CN.

Also, interestingly, not long after this photo, this signal brid... (more)

Up from Homewood, IC 6057 and a set of 4 CN motors approach downtown Chicago the old fashioned way. Metra/South Shore electric lines make this 6-track thoroughfare fare pretty unique.

A pair of home-rebuilt IC geeps work the southwest end of Glenn Yard, along I-55 in southwest Chicago.

The MRF shoves its short train out onto the mainline after working the Wales Branch and a connection with Northshore Mining. The unused mailbox identifies the heritage of this trackage.

No 71 is about 1/3 in Iowa and 2/3 in Illinois as it crosses the swing bridge. As I recall, the bridge had received a paint job a year or two prior to this shot. Taken from the ramp up to the old ... (more)

The Illinois Central Santa Train prepares to depart Chebanse in near blizzard conditions.

IC 1011 heads toward Lansing's Cory Yard with empty rack train 260.

CN M396 from Memphis Harrison Yard, TN to Toronto MacMillan Yard, ON is on its final few miles with a great lash-up as it passes our Holland Welding Gang

The two IC engines went north on the 23rd on the H-GALNTW during an early spring snowstorm. It didn't take much to convince me to take a few hours off of work the next day to head north on the St... (more)

The two IC engines went north on the 23rd on the H-GALNTW during an early spring snowstorm. It didn't take much to convince me to take a few hours off of work the next day to head north on the St... (more)

Local L551 with a mixed freight just south of the Amtrak station. Powered by IC 9572 & 9610.