Sitting behind the shop building in Canadian National's Woodcrest Shops in CN E9A 103. Built in December 1955 as Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9986A, this engine was still on the roster when the CB... (more)

Canadian National SD60 5417 backs into the Load Test Building at the railroad's Woodcrest Shops in Homewood, Illinois, on September 30, 2018. Photographed on railroad property with permission ... (more)

Canadian National ET44AC 3029 - Woodcrest Shops, Homewood, Illinois - September 30, 2018 Photographed on railroad property with permission and full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Elgin Joliet & Eastern purchased three orders of EMD SD38-2s, for a total of 13 locomotives. (Another seven SD38-2s were acquired from the Bessemer & Lake Erie.) The first engine of the second g... (more)

In the late 1960s the Illinois Central operated an expedited overnight piggyback service between Chicago and Memphis, trains 50 and 51, known as the Fastback. E-units were the regular power. At du... (more)

GTW 4909 works Markham Yard amongst other activity.

CN 5466 switches out Q116's train in Homewood.

GTW GP38-2 4909 shoves a pulldown back into Markham yard.

A veteran canadian cab departs Markham Yard with train 371, bound for Salem, IL.

In April 1968 the IC took delivery of 10 General Electric U33C's 3300-h.p. (5050-5059) 5055 wrecked & retired 9/69.

The Illinois Central 13 SD40A's of EMD Order 5743 were unique locomotives, as they were essentially 3000-h.p. SD40's built on five-foot-longer SDP45 frames to accommodate a 5,000-gallon fuel tan... (more)

As a snowstorm quickly covers Southern Illinois, a Canadian National intermodal train led by a two Canadian National GE's (C44-9WL, and a C40-8) slowly accelerates past Homewood's Amtrak station. ... (more)

EJ&E 656 holds at the signal at Homewood with L578.

CN Q116 departs Markham Yard on the south side of Chicago with a pair of “rent-a-wreck” leasers for power. The leader is CEFX 6020, an ex-SOO Line SD60.

Illinois Central ultimately acquired the very first SD45 produced by EMD. Prototype SD45 4351 became IC 7000 in January 1971. The 7000 lasted until 1987, when it was scrapped.