My friend and I had just joked about actually catching TP&W switching out at Gilman as we pulled into downtown. As we turned down 2nd street, joke became reality. TP&W 5015 is an ex-Frisco unit se... (more)

Going over First Street showed some red signals over at Pequot Junction, so we turned around and this BNSF train showed up quickly, sneaking behind this car shop.

A K3 horn in the distance told of an approaching UP train heading towards the yards in Chicago. I snapped this as the train crossed one of two bridges over the Kankakee River as the tracks cross o... (more)

One of the many money-making high speed Z-trains through the area!