After extensive delays around Memphis, Amtraks City of New Orleans #58 shoves under 18th street towards Chicago Union Station with a IC SD70 serving as rescue power. Quite a sight to see in 2024!

On a sunny Saturday morning in Dolton, the Bottle train slowly rolls east on the CSX Barr Subdivision, preparing to hop onto the IHB Main at the switch up ahead. The bottles are bound for Clevelan... (more)

Amtrak P42 174, wearing the newest scheme, leads the California Zephyr West though Brookfield.

SW8 #11 is keeping busy this morning at Cleveland Cliffs in Riverdale, transporting ladle oxygenation cars back and forth between the basic oxygen furnances.

On a sunny morning in Chicago's south side, HZRX CF7 #1500 shoves a short train of scrap gons into one of the mills at South Shore Recycling. This unit was built as a Santa Fe F7A and has been wor... (more)

Ns 8129,3680 and 1846 sit waiting there turn into the Alton Southern.

Outbound to O'Hare. After stopping in Wicker Park.

CP 8757, the Every Child Matters unit, begins its long trek to Montreal leading CPKC 230, seen here passing underneath the former Milwaukee Road signal bridge in Franklin Park, IL, still used toda... (more)

CSXT 1972 is the 11th and newest heritage locomotive in the expanding heritage unit roster held by CSX, this one honoring the "Family Lines System" - more of a marketing gimmick for a co... (more)

Two BNSF trains race each other past UD Tower in Joliet.

The entire roster of the Vandalia Railroad waits for its next assignment near its connection with CSX, originally the Pennsy, and the outside world. The Vandalia Railroad operates a short segment... (more)

Metra F40PH-3 111 shoves against an inbound commuter train as it passes under the signal bridge at CP Morgan and rolls towards Union Station in Chicago, Illinois.

Amtraks Day One 50th Anniversary long distance charger shuttles around downtown Chicago in the very early stages of morning.

On a sunny morning in downtown Chicago, CNs daily M337 manifest rounds around 16th street interlocker beneath the iconic skyline.

NS loads for Detroit crawling out of downtown Chicago, with BNs sole PTC pinwheel executive 70mac up front.