A loaded coal train, followed by another of the same, both of which have been sitting here for about 48 hours (which is common practice these days on the Mendota Sub), idle away just west of Lelan... (more)

Mixed freight from Grand Forks to the Belt Railway, with 3 GP38's, is tied down crewless in Rochelle. The GP39M serving as the Rochelle switcher sits in the shadows.

Metra MP36 402 departs Naperville

Loaded coal takes up a 3-way intersection while the engineer unlocks a switch

Contrasting strongly against the white landscape, BNSF C44-9W 4990 and a SD70MAC haul coal through Belmont Station.

Illinois Zephyr flies through Downers Grove running wrong main

Short yard transfer rolls through right before the sun hits the horizon