A set of power including both CP and SOO plows through a nice drift at the crossing, launching snow everywhere.
Steamin' along at 35mph en route to Bureau.
Milwaukee 261 steams into Nahant Yard.
UP 1995 leads a detouring MPRCB over the IC&E. It's caught in Mount Carroll cruising along at a leisurely 30mph.
The nicest set of coal train power I've seen in a long time accelerates these westbound empties through Plano, past the old CB&Q depot.
The Monticello Museum CN ALCo/MLW set pushes an IC passenger train back to the museum depot.
One of the three remaining CNW locos, the 8646, brings a 6 car train to Proviso. Consist included: 8646, a flat car, 4 new electric bi-levels for the IC Metra service, and another flatcar.
A trio of Bluebonnets, 2 GP38-2's and a B23-7, await a crew before departing for points west. They would sit here until the next morning.
A trio of WC's lead M337 through Chicago on their way to Hawthorne on a beautiful Chicago afternoon.
This SW has recently received a fresh coat of paint from the folks at NRE and goes about switching on the property.
A nice set of BNSF power eases this stack train through the reverse curve in Lemont while crossing an old ATSF bridge amidst fall colors.
Now that's a shiny locomotive! One of NS's brand new 70M-2's leads a manifest at speed, with one of the loudest and most neat sounding horns I've heard.
Three new GEVos prepare for their first BNSF train.
Milwaukee 261 steams along the waterfront through downtown Davenport.
A UP SD60 leads a short NS train west on its way to Chicago as a couple fellow railfans look on.