Detouring on the IHB due to bridgework on the BRC, WSOR's Chicago train heads south for Clearing. At Argo, it will use IHB's Proviso lead track for access back to the Belt.

The eastbound Illinois Zephyr pulls into Lagrange Station, right next to a map of the city it's entering.

A very very rare CSX in a Pre YN1 scheme is paired up with an NS unit heading this manifest through LaGrange.

An on-time Southwest Chief (which I confused with the late California Zephyr) kicks up snow as it flies through LaGrange doing every bit of its track speed, and leaving me with some extra wind chi... (more)

The photographer's shadow frames the builder plate from EMC 103A, #1 of a total of 555 built, taken at the EMD open house.

The Galena Limited, sponsored by the 20th Century Railroad Club, pauses at LaGrange Road to unload passengers who have just spent the day in the historic town of Galena, IL. The train consisted of... (more)

The venerable Alco's pull a drag to Proviso yard on the IHB passing under the BN. The smoke would belch and the sounds were awesome!

A nice set of power, very unexpected, and a VERY nice change of pace, leads an eastbound into the sunrise: KCS SD70ACe, TFM SD70MAC, and an H2 BNSF C44-9W.

Not a bad start to the day: at 0715, a pair of good ol' BN SD40-2s lead an eastbound manifest into the rising sun.

A pair of former BN SD9's are in charge of this empty potash train bound for the CSXT. Original CB&Q first generation EMD's still in use today... simply astonishing.

There are many lively and well kept downtown areas along Metra in the western Chicago suburbs, as witnessed by this photo at LaGrange.

A brand-new GE ES44DC leads the CNIKCK westbound down the "Racetrack" through LaGrange, IL in nice late afternoon light.

ATSF sent this beauty to EMD LaGrange as its representative for the 50th Anniversary celebration of the EMD FT103 demonstration tour. The 101 was one of the first two engines to be repainted into ... (more)

A CSXT standard cab SD60 makes for a nice surprise as UP manifest YPRCU ducks under Ogden Ave. and the BNSF racetrack cruising down Main 2 of IHB's main line.

A UP manifest powered by a former BNSF pumpkin high tales it down the middle on IHB's Belt RR.