A Westbound stack train from Logistics Park Chicago in Elwood, Illinois, heading for the West coast.

A hot “peak season” Z train from LA making its way East through the countryside of small-town Mazon, Illinois on the old Santa Fe mainline.

VBLUFTM heading West through the fields of Central Illinois with one of BNSF's "Fakebonnets" leading the way.

VBLUMIN heading into the setting sun with a BNSF H2 Dash 9 leading the way to Minot, North Dakota.

VBLUKCK heading West through Mazon, Illinois, on the BNSF Transcon.

MGALCHI heading through Mazon with a 4-axle Dash 8 and three EMDs. Unfortunately, by this time the locals had already become overtaken by gevos, but this was a random day of retro power.

A Southern Belle gevo leading IHBGAL in some of the very last sun-rays of the day. It was nice to see this train with something other than a BNSF GE,

LCHI105 heading West on the Chillicothe Sub for Galesburg with a BNSF "Fakebonnet" in the lead.

MGALCHI passing through the rows of growing corn in Central Illinois on the Chillicothe Sub.

M-GALCHI making its way through Mazon on the morning of the 4th of July. This train left Galesburg late Monday night and then died out by Kernan. By time they got a recrew it was morning, good lig... (more)

The GTW heritage unit leading the BNSF HGALIHB East on the Santa Fe Transcon in the last few minutes of daylight on a Summer evening. This freight train runs from the BNSF Galesburg, Illinois, yar... (more)

A three pack of a variation of different EMDs lead train L-CHI105 for Galesburg West through Mazon. A little golden light / blue hour delight combo.

A vehicle train from “CPKC” interchange in Robstown, Texas on its final stretch to Logistics Park Chicago in Elwood, Illinois. It was different to see four units on a vehicle train, so that wa... (more)

BNSF QNYCLAC heading West through Mazon with the New York Central heritage unit leading the way.

UP's Z train from the City of Industry, California to Global 4 in Elwood, IL exercising their trackage rights on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub.