Up the hill at Westmont comes a UP Dash 8 with no working headlights.
"Look both ways before crossing the street!" Instead of honking for these neighborhood streets near downtown Aurora, one of the crew of the local gets out on the front porch and checks for traffic... (more)
The Cedar Rapids rests convieniently under the Park signal bridge while the CP 2816 sits above Grand Avenue 17 carlengths away.
A pair of predecessor schemes cross over I-294 as seen from Chicago Avenue. This westbound empty had 3 coal loads mid-train for an unknown reason.
SOO Candy Apple Red SD60M passes distant 6-axle EMD relative CN E9 #103 in the lineup at Railroad Daze. Taken from the rear platform of a CN business car.
All three tracks are occupied as an empty coal train and Metra express (to DG) run side-by-side past an eastbound Metra at the station. Currently Main Street has no crossing.
The Illinois Railway's Eola Job returns from BNSF's Eola Yard light engines. Since being bought by OmniTrax, the IR has significantly upgraded their power, although their 2 SD50s are in HBR paint.
The wreaths still adorn the light poles the night after Christmas.
Inbound Metra slows down at crossing and gives a long long short long due to a gate malfunction. The gates would go down, bell dinging, then the bell would stop, and about 5 mins later they would ... (more)
One is 77 years old, one is 4 years old - they both pushed and pulled passenger trains today! The 2816 was being filled with water from a fire hydrant when this inbound Metra passed by.
The last northbound Coaster of the evening hurries over the San Dieguito River trestle, passing the County Fair and homes with (literally) million dollar views.
What's better than one Warbonnet GP60M? Two, of course!
A former IC Highliner pulls into the Richton Park station while I was out searching in vain for the Mark Twain Zephyr.
The Galena Limited, a special train sponsored by the 20th Century Railroad Club, is already 2 hours late when it passes this eastbound at Downers.
The giant green lightning bolt heads west leading a manifest to Des Moines.
