A trio of H4 EMDs leading LCHI105 from Chicagoland West towards Galesburg as a storm begins to build to the North.

A four pack of BNSF H4 EMDs leading M-CHIGAL through Ransom at track speed. This large grain facility was put up around 2005. They get a handful of unit grain trains a year.

BNSF 1404 and another triclops SD60M sandwich a rebuilt GP30 of some kind on a beautiful mid-July evening back in the summer of 2020. 1404 is leading the charge (timetable) east with the Galesburg... (more)

BNSF SD60M 1404 shoves CHIGAL out of GM Yard in Hodgkins.

Two triclops SD60M’s bring R-CHI476 into Eola after waiting four hours at Farnsworth for a light into the yard.

L-CHI105 headed West in the definition of golden light. Can’t go wrong here!

R-CHI476 heads west under Route 30 in Shabbona on the BNSF Aurora Subdivision with a SD60M leading.

As dark clouds roll to the east, a small patch of sun pokes out from the clouds while BNSF R-CHI476 heads west out of Hinckley, Illinois with a SD60M leading a SD40-2 still in its Santa Fe paint.

M GALCHI rolls east across the Kankakee River, a little west of Wilmington, IL. After being tied down in the support yard west of here all night, we were treated to an unusual early afternoon run.... (more)

New heavy power for the R CHI 476 (Rochelle Roadswitcher)

Galesburg always seems to have some really nice power laying around for their locals that runs in many directions out of there. As is the case with the local heading to Barstow and back today. Her... (more)

BNSF SD60M 1404 leads GALGAL north through Henderson.

BNSF M-GALPEI breaks the silence of Knoxville, IL with its pair of EMD SD60M "Triclops" on the trains journey from Galesburg, IL to Peoria, IL.

Y JOL202, a BNSF local that runs from Joliet to various industries around the Channahon/Elwood area, shoves down the 51 Lead with a Triclops SD60M and an SD40-2 for power. As the sun heads for the... (more)

The sun pops out as BNSF SD60M No. 1404 leads an SD70MAC and SD40-2 on this westbound manifest as it rounds the big sweeping curve outside of Keenesburg, Colorado, on December 3, 2018.