Kansas City Southern's executive train rolls slowly past the Dri-Line yard in Bettendorf. Today's trip ran from Nahant Yard to Canadian Pacific's Bensenville Yard in suburban Chicago, IL. No dou... (more)

An ICE detour makes its presence known in the land of Miller....

An ICE detour scurries past Rondout tower on this cool spring morning in northern Illinois....

The sunrise welcomes UP 6936 to the town of Watseka, IL....

An extremely rare detour on the BNSF and IHB makes its way south on the IHB....FBAIMCI (An Iowa Interstate roadfreight that ran from Colona to Chicago via ex-BN and ATSF track) has just made it on... (more)

After making the rare trip out to Kansasville only to be blocked by a frozen switch....the Sturtevant Patrol is back on fast rails and heads towards Harvest States.... Feel free to correct the ... (more)

MCCHU makes good time across nothwestern Illinois....

The NS F Units finally make a trip over the other Chicago connection....

Kinda of a trio.....UP 1982 heads west....

With the recent news of CN buying out the EJE for $300 Million some EJE employee in Kirk Yard used chalk to apply "new" reporting marks to the 672....get your shots now....

INRD coke trains come through the Chicago area about once every week but this is the first time I have seen one of there wonderfully painted SD40-2s leading the train....

In a scene not seen everyday....CCHU's conductor climb down DME 6360's steps and gets orders from the Sabula drawbridge bridge tender....

CP 2816 says goodbye to Chicagoland after three days of touring ex-Milw and ex-CNW territory.....

On its final day of touring the line between A-5 and Franklin Park....CP 2816 makes good speed through Elmwood Park....

The "bird" has a neat little set of power today.....the CNW Heritage unit...one of the UP Olympic Units.....and the Katy Heritage unit...... The train is rolling to a stop after ducking under t... (more)