RCHI452 is seen shortly after getting on the West Chicago Branch at Aurora.

One local family of geese go for a swim in the Kankakee River as L-CHI104 rockets east over the river with GP60 167 on the point, still wearing its Santa Fe colors.

L-CHI105 crosses the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal on a vintage Santa Fe trestle in Lemont with GP60 167 leading.

A late running Y HOD303 crosses the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal in McCook with a classic "Freightbonnet" GP60 leading the way. 303 is a turn that runs from GM Yard in Hodgkins to BRC's Clearing ... (more)

A Q CHISTO train from Corwith Yard (with a Y CHI107 crew aboard) heads west across the Kankakee River in Lorenzo. Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP60 #167 leads the way on its home rails. It hasn't escaped t... (more)

Crossing over at CP 151, running late on time getting out of GM Yard, L-CHI105 roars west with a veteran former Santa Fe GP60 on point.

Getting a late start out of Hodgkins, L CHI105 shoves out onto the main at Harbor with GP60 167 leading on a perfect summer evening.

The 114 Job departs to the CITCOM intermodal facility after dropping off some baretables on the Los Angeles Jct.

A hometown Santa Fe painted GP60 leads a cut of stack cars from the "junkyard" into Corwith Yard, passing the former Santa Fe Tower.

With the classic Bluebonnet/Cascade green lash-up still working the West Chicago Branch, R CHI452 heads south through Aurora.

It's always nice to catch a BNSF train without any orange power. Bluebonnet GP60 167 and Cascade green GP39M 2740 complete their slow trek down the West Chicago Branch as a crew member flags the l... (more)

Today's R CHI452 approaches the West Chicago Branch in Aurora with Bluebonnet GP60 #167 leading Cascade green GP39M #2740. With a little later departure out of Eola today, it gave an opportunity t... (more)

An ATSF GP60 leading L-CHI105 West on it’s home rails of the Chillicothe Subdivision.

BNSF 167 arrives in Joliet Yard to begin its work as a barge sails northbound up the Des Plaines River toward the former EJ&E lift bridge. The Statesville Prison can be seen in the distance where ... (more)

7-7 proved to be a lucky day in Lemont as L CHI105 finds the sun on its westbound trip to Galesburg. Leading is a Bluebonnet GP60, looking quite at home on the former ATSF Southern Transcon. When ... (more)