CN 2430, an increasingly rare GE C40-8M, leads Montreal-Saint Albans manifest train M32421, pictured just 4 miles away from its destination.

BCOL 4617 West is seen leading U709 through the Near South Side of downtown Chicago.

1 of the 10 remaining BCOL barn units leads U709 through the condos on the Near South Side at 16th & Wabash Ave.

Hodgepodge Of Power After working Kitchener Yard, a daylight run of CN 533 heads east back to Mac Yard with a hodgepodge of power as seen crossing the grand river.

One of CN cowl Dash 8's leads an empty limestone train as it heads south on the Minntac Sub, approaching Wolf Junction to get on the Missabe Sub and proceed to Duluth for loading.

BCOL 4617 leads NS train 61F west through River Grove on the CP Elgin sub, bound for CN. It was a nice sight to see as CN seems to be putting some of the C40-8Ms in storage

BCOL 4617 races down "Otis Hill" Westbound on a Sunday Afternoon heading towards downtown Chicago

CN 2405 heads west with oil empties shortly after departing Dickinson siding late in the afternoon.

A BC Rail barn leads the way west on NS 61F, shortly after exiting the BRC at Cragin. The train will continue down the CP to B12, where it'll hop onto the CN Waukesha Sub.

16 years after the beginning of the lease, BC Rail is still going strong... After a long wait for a crew on the BRC, BCOL #4617 roars through River Grove, IL on the CP Elgin sub in perfect ligh... (more)

CN C40-8M 2439 leads train Q112 into Jasper to change crews.

Hotshot train Q112 changes crews at Jasper with a not so hot shot lead unit... but I'll take it!

BCOL 4617 leads a sand train west out of the city, about to pass the Hanson Park station.

BCOL 4617 leads train 61F through downtown Elmwood Park IL.

One of only eight BC Rail cowls that is still active leads CN X276 on CN's Kingston Sub, with relatively new CN 3235 trailing. With CN 276 just ahead of it and congestion in Taschereau Yard, it wo... (more)