Amtrak 184, the Phase IV heritage unit, leads the eastbound California Zephyr over the West Bureau Creek bridge in Wyanet, IL.

CP 7010, one of Canadian Pacific's ten heritage units and the first of the Script series, leads CP 288 through Northbrook, IL, on its way to the BRC.

It's about 10 minutes after midnight, and CN 2405, a C40-8M still wearing its Zebra paint scheme and one of the few C40-8Ms not in storage, leads CP oil train 583 through Northbrook, IL.

CP 288 rolls through Northbrook, IL with a SD22C-ECO, SD60, SD60 combo.

A BNSF SD70MAC leads CP 686, a loaded ethanol train, through Northbrook, IL, about to diverge onto the UP New Line (Milwaukee Sub) for the trip to Bensenville and points east.

Three of Wisconsin & Southern's SD40-2s smoke it up as they race through Northbrook, IL hauling T001 for Janesville, WI.

CP 470 ducks under I-90 in Des Plaines, IL with CP heritage #7018 in the lead. The DPU of this train was UP 6310, a patched Southern Pacific unit. At the time, the duo had been together for almost... (more)

Four Wisconsin and Southern SD40-2s, the leader being the "Grow Wisconsin" unit, lead T004X, an extra grain train, through Northbrook, IL on the C&M.

CP heritage SD70ACu #7011, painted in the "Script" scheme, leads CP 288 through Northbrook, IL.

ZG1SC, a high-priority Z-train from Global 2 in Chicago to Salt Lake City, UT, blasts underneath the former C&NW coaling tower in Nelson, IL with UP 1988 in charge.

CP's Navy tribute unit #7022 takes up DPU duties on the rear of CP intermodal train #198, seen here rolling slowly through Northbrook, IL on a frigid February night.

CN M338 passes by the former depot (now a township office) in Burlington, IL, led by a CSX YN2 AC4400CW.

CP 680, a loaded ethanol train, passes through Genoa, IL with Norfolk Southern's Virginian heritage unit on point.

CN freight M338 rolls through Hillside, IL with a duo of Ferromex SD70ACes leading a CN SD75I and CN Dash 9.

An eastbound BNSF coal train rolls past Ogden Dunes, IN on the NS Chicago Line, likely on its way to electric generating facilities in the Toledo, OH area.