Allied Tube & Conduit SW14 8304 was constructed by EMD as Illinois Central SW9 9437 in June 1951. Through the years, it assumed other identities: IC SW9 437 and then Illinois Central Gulf SW9 43... (more)

Foster Townsend Rail Logistics GP9 207 is leased to Florida-based Patriot Rail Services, for whom it is working at Patriot’s subsidiary Lakeshore Railcar & Tanker Services, a full-service, logis... (more)

The Elwood Joliet & Southern Railway has a pair of Webb Asset Management locomotives on the property: GP35 3509 and GP50 5011. Reclassed as a GP38-MEP, WAMX 5011 was built in August 1980 as Chic... (more)

Indiana Harbor Belt GP38-2 3800 shows off its new-ish Veterans paint scheme at the railroad’s Gibson Yard. This engine was built as Penn Central 8066, later becoming Conrail 8066, and then Norf... (more)

Fortunately, for those with an affinity for the old Western Pacific Railroad, the heritage of Webb Asset Management GP35 3509 is still pretty obvious, as WP was the only railroad with the widely-s... (more)

Indiana Harbor Belt has four SW1500s (so far) rebuilt by Railpower Technologies into RP15BDF natural gas-powered locomotives in the early 2000s. Seen at the railroad’s Gibson Yard, IHB 1504 and... (more)

TPLX GP35 3517 sits outside the LaPorte County/Kingsbury Industrial Park, which is switched by The Prairie Line. While owned by TPLX, 3517 is lettered for JBC Rail Services, which is leasing the ... (more)

Backing into Chicago’s Union Station is a seven-car Amtrak train. I’d seen these engines listed on being on the City of New Orleans the previous day, although in reverse order (with 15... (more)

Slamming across the diamonds at Wellsboro, where CN's South Shore Sub crosses CSX's Garrett Sub is a westbound Canadian National train with CN Dash 9-44CW 2694, SD70I 5600, Dash 9-44CW 2596 and SD... (more)

Metra Heritage Corridor train 918 is about to end its trip from Joliet to Chicago's Union Station. Metra Cab Car 8412 is on the headend, with F40PHs 124 and 110 shoving on the rear. (Chicago, Il... (more)

Once again, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief encountered problems en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, and train 3 picked up a BNSF engine to assist it in Kansas City, at which point it was runn... (more)

Visiting a freight car scrapper brings to mind the mythical elephants’ graveyard, as one is surrounded by the massive carcasses of rail cars whose useful lives have ended. Morbidly slicing them... (more)

Passing through Dolton Junction on CSXT trackage, Norfolk Southern GP38-2 5322 (ex-CR 8147, née-PC 8147), running long-hood forward, it pulling a short hot metal train eastward. This train consis... (more)

The 2000 hp PRI/EMD GP20C-ECO locomotives feature a lot of new components: frame, fuel tank, long hood, snoot nose, cab, 8-710G3A prime mover and AC alternator/rectifier – with Canadian Pacific... (more)

As Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief (Los Angeles to Chicago), pulls out of the station, outbound Metra train 1231 pulls in. METX F40PHM-2 206 is powering the Metra commuter tr... (more)