A rather large K66 rolls through Rockford, IL. The train has just crossed Kishwaukee Street on its way to Davis Junction.
CGW early paint at Chicago https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/
K66 hugs the banks of the Rock River as they make their way towards Davis Junction. This job normally runs with just a single locomotive. There have been numerous occasions where they've needed he... (more)
IHB 1521 (SW1500) trundles northbound into Burnham Yard, where it will tie down after completing its activities (wherever they were).
CP 7012, one of CPKC's four active SD70ACUs in the "Script" heritage scheme, trundles onto one of the Bensenville Yard leads at Scott Street in Franklin Park, IL with potash train B244 o... (more)
CP 7012, one of the four active CPKC SD70ACUs wearing the old Canadian Pacific "Script" scheme, leads potash train B244 off the CSX into Franklin Park, IL, passing underneath the histori... (more)
IHB 4011 trundles into Franklin Park, IL with an IHB local for Bensenville Yard, arriving during the late stages of the golden hour - a prime time to make an appearance!
METX 511 hustles into Franklin Park, IL and under the Tower B-12 signals with an outbound commuter train as the Willis Tower looms in the background.
KCSM 4548 ("Grey Ghost" AC4400CW) leads CPKC 541 solo, seen here passing underneath the Tower B-12 signals in Franklin Park, IL while on its way to Tower B-17, where it will turn north t... (more)
BNSF 743 is only about 2 months old, with two more apparently from the same vintage. They sit over Cicero Ave awaiting their entrance into Corwith Yard.
METX 426 (MP36PH-3S) leads outbound commuter train 2247 under the Tower B-12 signals in Franklin Park, IL during the golden hour.
KCS 4024, a fairly dirty KCS SD70ACe, leads CPKC 248 solo through Des Plaines, IL.
CP 2217 (GP20C-ECO) and SOO 4448 (GP38-2) team up to lead CPKC local I59 from the BRC to Bensenville, seen here passing underneath the Tower B-12 signals in Franklin Park, IL.
CGW westbound to Olewein at Maywood, just west of Chicago
Overview of Galesburg Engine Facility