Another shot of the BCOl duo coming through East Cabin with a BNSF grain train

2 BCOL barns leads a BNSF grain train through East Cabin at East Dubuque, IL

A duo of BCOL Cowls leads a BNSF grain train into Polo, IL

In a crazy turn of events, a BCOL Pair lead CSX train V053 which is bound for the BNSF in Chicago. From what I understood CSX Double Barreled this train out of Selkirk with an Empty Oil train and ... (more)

M395 awaits a recrew in Matteson with a BC Rail C40-8M on the point.

Q149 heads west through Griffith behind a pair of barns, the leader being in BC Rail paint and the trailer being in CN's zebra striped paint.

CN L533 passes the grain elevator in Richmond, MI. on the Mt Clemens Sub with a short cut of intermodal for their yard in Detroit. I feel bad for the crew since this job requires them to run aroun... (more)

BCOL C40-8M 4604 and PRLX SD75M 203 bring M348's train to a stop at the east end of the siding at Evansburg to meet some westbound traffic. Thankfully the dense fog yielded a tiny bit so the sun c... (more)

BCOL 4604 (C40-8M) leads CSX J754-18 west into Indianapolis, Indiana as it splits the QI 280 signals on the east side.

M357 leaves Homewood with a BC Rail leader.

BCOL C40-8M 4604 departs Homewood with CN M357.

The Sears Tower and St. Charles Air Line help fill the skyline as a Canadian National grain train makes it's way across the 16th Street diamonds.

With at the time, a bold forecast of heavy grain traffic in Canada, the decision was made to bring in reinforcements, i.e., pull power out of storage, which meant all but about half a dozen 8-40CM... (more)

Its a perfect 78 degrees at Ashku, IL as M37161 screams through town with a rugged BC Rail C40-8M doing the honors. As Spring rolls on, high sun is beginning to show its presence...

M37161 blasts through Manteno as the trees begin to bloom along the Main Line of Mid-America.