CP 281 Maneuvers through the curves of Elmwood Park, with a former Southern Pacific AC44 in charge.

The only local/road switcher that BNSFs famous “Racetrack” sees, is the daily R-CHI457 job. Unfortunately this job normally uses Gevos & Dash 9s... but on occasion, it can use some Standard Ca... (more)

After being killed in nowhere Iowa for multiple days due to storm damage, 1996 makes its way through West Chicago with a fresh crew from Clinton. The SP Heritage would later make a trek up the UP ... (more)

After an hour chunk of work at Gibson City, NS 6173 screams through the tiny town of Derby, on its way towards Bloomington.

On a hazy, yet sunny, Tuesday evening in downtown Chicago… a Wyoming coal train crawls under 18th street with loads for NS in Detroit. With railfans from all over the area in hot pursuit, this i... (more)

With time for the crew running thin, UPs Clinton, IA to Proviso, IL manifest rumbles towards Metra territory, where they'd park up for a relief. Todays train was the talk of the town with a former... (more)

Metra rush is underway for the Union Pacific West line, as Metra’s Chicago & Northwestern commemorative locomotive heads the first rush outbound of the evening. Seen here ducking under the forme... (more)

Ripping the quiet of night, BNSFs Galesburg to CN Kirk train roars through Plano, with a former Santa Fe Dash 9 up front. One of the few ATSF -9s that have PTC in 2021, and sport its old fashioned... (more)

Canada comes to America, with snow and BCOLs! A BCOL D9 Leads an intermodal south under the Route. 34 Bridge on the Aurora/Naperville Border.

With clouds forming over the mountains, MRLs Bozeman Local cruises out of its namesake tunnel with a long string of lumber cars for the Laurel-Missoula wayfreight to pick up that evening.

An IC “Blue Devil” leads a Barn C40-8M, SD60, and SD70M-2, as it approaches the diamonds with the UP Geneva Sub @ JB Tower.

A BN SD40 takes the 452 local west through Lisle on the former BN Racetrack, within the last minutes of sunlight.

On a hazy winter evening, the Chicago to Galesburg local, famous around the area, cruises west into Lemont with a former BN GP30 carbody up front. BNSF #2816 was constructed as Great Northern #300... (more)

While waiting for the historic run of UPs 4014... 2 AHs sandwich an AC44 on the westbound M-PRCB in Wheaton, IL.

After being shopped for two weeks, to our surprise, we see IC 6251 shove a limestone set underneath I-35. After getting signals, we race up the line to watch the quartet of SD40s crawl uphill in s... (more)