CN’s Millsdale oil local, L545 breaks the nighttime silence through Downtown Lemont, as they head south past the historic 1859 built depot on their way to Millsdale. Being pulled by two veteran ... (more)

Soon after the sun rests below the horizon, BNSFs Chicago to Galesburg road local rounds the bend into Lemont with a very unique assortment of power. Seen here traversing over the Des Plaines rive... (more)

Breaking the late night silence in Downtown Lemont, It’s 1:00am on the dot as the Millsdale oil local, CN L545 races back to Glenn Yard after a night of switching with GTW 4920 leading as it pas... (more)

After setting out a bad order, L-CHI105 finally gets underway out of Hodgkins with SD40-2 1755 leading, still wearing It’s Santa Fe colors. They are seen here crossing the old Santa Fe trestle o... (more)

After going missing in action for nearly two years, for PTC and other miscellaneous upgrades, the sole Chicago & NorthWestern painted locomotive left on a class one railroad, heads point on an int... (more)

A trio of former Santa Fe warbonnet GEs lead L-CHI105 West through Lemont.

Santa Fe All The Way! Following some afternoon rain showers, the sun made an appearance just in time for train L-CHI105 with a trio of antique Santa Fe warbonnets at the helm. B40-8W #552 l... (more)

Gotta Love Sucker Holes. Today's L CHI105 features a trio of ATSF Warbonnets and a BNSF GEVO, the leader of the pack being B40-8W 552. 552 has received some touch ups lately, most notably t... (more)

Seen high above downtown Lemont, one of the few remaining active ATSF painted GP60s rounds through town with a long cut of manifest cars for GM yard outside Chicago.

BNSF Smurf 2042 leads CHIGAL West through Lemont.

Summer temperatures spread out across Chicagoland, as BNSF’s last active “smurf” locomotive rumbles over the Des Plaines river in Lemont. Recently reactivated after BNSF ridded their rails o... (more)

Home rail Santa Fe GP60 169 leads BNSF 1740, 1436 and 2042 east through Lemont. The nice lash-up is in charge of a late running M GALCHI bound for GM Yard in Hodgkins.

It’s about 02:30 in the morning as CN L545, the “Millsdale Oil Local” switches out Seneca in Lemont with a CN GP40-2W and a IC GP38-2 before heading back to Glenn Yard and call it a night af... (more)

Burlington Northern on the Santa Fe. It’s a gloomy and rainy evening in the southwest suburbs as L-CHI105 gets underway while they traverse over the Des Planes River on the old Santa Fe coming i... (more)

After a light layer of snow blanketed the Chicagoland area the night before, BNSFs Galesburg to Chicago manifest traverses the Southern Transcon with a former Santa Fe GP50 up front. The blue & ye... (more)