IC SD70 #1029 looks right at home as it pulls out M371 from Markham Yard.

IC SD70 1029 leads M371 south past Homewood tower.

CN 2443 (C40-8M) and BCOL 4601 (C40-8M) power CN M371 through Onarga, Illinois past the unique town sign just as the sun luckily pops out.

BCOL 4626 (C40-8M) leads CN M371 south out of Rantoul, Illinois past an old set of IC G-Heads.

CN C40-8W 2135 leads M371 south past the old IC depot in Kankakee.

M371 highballs south through Monee with a BC Rail royal blue Dash 9 leading the way.

A former Santa Fe Dash 8 leads M371 south by the depot in Kankakee.

CN C40-8M 2403 leads CN M371 south under the IC signals at Homewood.

CN C40-8M 2403 is handling one of the line's hottest trains with ease as it rolls through Monee.

A solo zebra striped C40-8M leads M371 out of Markham Yard for a trip south down the Mainline of Mid America.

A solo CN C40-8M leads M371 south through Monee.

BCOL 4603 departs Homewood with M371, passing the former Hines lumber switch south of town.

BCOL C40-8M 4603 leads a great consist south through Monee on M371.

CN autorack/autoparts train M371 passes the 1918 Illinois Central station at Mattoon, Illinois with an IC SD70 doing the honors on its home rails.

The last thing I expected to see on my drive to Ohio for my summer job was a true Illinois Central train on its namesake mainline. Somehow though, it happened, and I took advantage of it by chasin... (more)