A BC Rail barn leads A490 south through Plainfield.

BCOL 4605 dodges the shadows as it leads A490 up the hill out of Joliet.

As the sun draws its last breath for the day, A490 wraps around Gary/Chicago International Airport as it nears its destination of Kirk Yard.

A crazy leader on the CN, in the form of one of UP's two Olympic units, heads up the hill out of Joliet. Enroute to Kirk Yard with A490, the two EMD's sounded good thundering east.

A duo of PRLX SD75Ms lead CN A490 south past the depot in Lomira.

A pair of PRLX SD75Ms lead CN A490 south up Byron hill. Quite the interesting consist here.

A pair of PRLX SD75Ms lead CN A490 south through Byron, cresting the hill. Quite the interesting consist here.

A490 arrives at Kirk Yard with a pair of CN barns in the North America scheme.

A490 strolls east through Dyer with a pair of North America barns.

CN A490 makes its way down the former EJ&E in Lake Zurich, IL with an Executive SD70MAC leading.

A trio of engines make the blast up Byron Hill just south of Fond du Lac with 63 ballast loads in tow.

A490 with a BC Rail unit trailing crosses the CSX in Holly, Michigan. The old Holly tower is visible to the right of the train.