CNW 4344 (ex-QNSL 144) drills the West Chicago yard in November of 1988.
Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 slumbers away on the siding at the Larry S. Provo Training Center in West Chicago, IL, posing for night photos for the various photographers and railfans that have come... (more)
Canadian National's EJ&E heritage unit pays a visit to the Chicagoland area, leading oil train U268 for NS past JB Tower, a former J structure, in West Chicago, IL. The locomotive looks right a... (more)
CN 3023, CN’s EJ&E Heritage Unit, was close to derailing after its train picked a switch north of JB Tower in West Chicago.
CN's EJ&E heritage unit leads CN M340 south past the original EJ&E JB Tower, which still is adorned by its EJ&E sign.
Canadian National southbound crosses the Union Pacific at JB Tower led by CN 100 year commemorative 3879.
With a RTA scoot approaching, the CNW 1385 steam special rolls through West Chicago with a business car on the rear. Tom Golden photo.
After being killed in nowhere Iowa for multiple days due to storm damage, 1996 makes its way through West Chicago with a fresh crew from Clinton. The SP Heritage would later make a trek up the UP ... (more)
Metra 173, looking sharp in Metra's latest new paint scheme, shoves an inbound train of out West Chicago - bound for the Windy City itself.
The Silver Pilot leads its train from the Illinois Railroad Museum, Union, IL, into West Chicago via C&NW trackage. The train will interchange with BN and make its way to Ft. Worth, TX to help BN ... (more)
An IC “Blue Devil” leads a Barn C40-8M, SD60, and SD70M-2, as it approaches the diamonds with the UP Geneva Sub @ JB Tower.
Once in a blue devil! An Illinois Central Blue Devil takes charge of A490 as it heads south past JB tower with a friendly crew.
Illinois Railroad Museum's CB&Q Nebraska Zephyr passenger train went on loan to BN in December 1993, and is seen here on its ferry trip to Ft. Worth, TX. The train is exiting the Belvidere-Rockfor... (more)
The Kenefick passenger car adorns this lit sign to commemorate the UP 4014 Big Boy's tour of the Midwest.
Metra 171 leads an eastbound commuter train across the diamond at West Chicago on a warm, summer evening.