L536 crawls through Corwith under the GM&O era signal cantilever before getting held up for hours at Bridgeport with a duo of IC SD70’s.

IC 6251, BLE 906 and DMIR 402 lead empty limestone through Sax.

After holding at the connection at CP River for M336 to clear with the BCOL heritage ET44AC leading, L508/509 hops off the River Line and back onto the mainline after a day of work at East Morris ... (more)

CN L515 departs Markham Yard with two IC SD70s, 1011 and 1032, GTW GP9R 4619, CN GP40-2LW 9515, IC SD40-3 6250 and CN SD60 5434. Seen here ducking under the IC era signal bridge in Flossmoor.

On a beautiful clear blue sky afternoon in the South Suburbs, CN L536 clips on south on the CN Chicago Subdivision with a trio of IC SD70’s. IC 1000, 1019 and 1004. Seen here heading through Oly... (more)

IC SD40-3 6251 leads ore loads South near Forbes.

It's a classic Illinois Central scene at Hawthorne Yard as SD70's 1034 and 1033 take a pull with M337, passing by the leaning, but still standing R2 signal.

The crew of L535 made quick work of their switching at IMTT this morning. This made for a rare, well lit northbound shot of the train crossing the Cal Sag Channel in Lemont. IC 3108 and 3138 have ... (more)

After unloading iron ore at Dock 6 in Duluth, IC 6251, 6252 and CN 5244 head back into Proctor with the empties. 6251 and 6252 both still wear Deathstar paint, complete with Operation Lifesaver de... (more)

It's a beautiful morning at CN's Dock 6 in Duluth, as IC 6251, IC 6252 and CN 5244 unload a train of iron ore.

The sun rises above Lake Superior as the first ray of sun shines on Dock 6 while IC 6251, 6252 and CN 5244 unload ore at the docks. 6251 is the last IC SD40-3 still in service with white frame str... (more)

The one daily Illinois River Subdivision train, CN L509 crosses over a fairly busy Interstate 80 into Minooka with two original Illinois Central SD70’s just before the approach to work Aux Sable... (more)

The "Argo Job" shoves a string of covered hoppers to Owens' Corning in Summit. With a pair of Illinois Central GP40R's for power, they're seen passing the Holcim US Inc elevator.

IC 3108 and 3138, both GP40R's in deathstar paint, lead R924 by the Amtrak/Metra Station in Summit. The train is bound for the Argo industries not far ahead.

After working Owens' Corning, R924 heads deeper into the Argo industries with the delightful pair of Illinois Central GP40R's that's been floating around Glenn Yard for the last month. The train i... (more)