A pair of BNSF motors pull an auto rack train east through Dolton, Illinois.

Heading east out of CSX Transportation’s Barr Yard is an ethanol train powered by Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9657 and Norfolk Southern Dash 9-40CW 9727. (Dolton, Illinois – November 7, 2018)

A light NS unit heads towards the IHB main as a CSX manifest pounds the Dolton diamond in the background.

A pair of old school C40-8W's leads a train eastbound through Dolton on a beautiful morning.

Missouri Pacific EMD MP15DC No. 1384 sits in the afternoon sun at the Yard Center locomotive facility at Dolton, Illinois, on September 15, 1985.

Missouri Pacific EMD GP50 No. 3521, now painted in Union Pacific colors, rests at the Yard Center locomotive facility at Dolton, Illinois, on August 10, 1986.

A nice pair of UP SD40N's head for IHB's Blue Island Yard with a transfer from Yard Center.

A CSX SD40-3/SD40-2 combo approaches the Dolton diamonds with a Y310 train to CN's Kirk Yard in Gary, IN.

In charge of a transfer from Blue Island Yard, IHB's "Salutes our Troops" unit makes its way around the connection to the UP Villa Grove Sub in Dolton. The train is slowly making its way... (more)

IHB SD38-2 3861 is in charge of a westbound freight at Cottage Grove Avenue (CP 98) in Dolton. Trailing is GP40-2 4018, GP40P-2 4010 and GP40-2 4012. 4010 is of Southern Pacific heritage and one o... (more)

Rain is moving into the area as CF&E's eastbound road freight departs out of Blue Island Yard. Three CF&E Geeps are in charge as the train crosses the diamonds at Dolton Junction. In order, we hav... (more)

An eastbound intermodal rolls through Dolton with a "Do not Hump" marked box car.

With an SD40-2 and a GP40-2 for power, CF&E's westbound road freight from Fort Wayne, Indiana crosses the diamonds with the UP Villa Grove Sub at Dolton. The train is closing in on its destination... (more)

An eastbound freight out of Barr Yard approaches the diamonds at Dolton Junction. A well worn C40-8W and an SD40-2 provide the power, as the bottle train waits for its signal on the old Pennsy mai... (more)

An Armour Yellow GP50 leads a trio of former Conrail Geeps now in lease use by EMD on a southbound mixed freight through Dolton. Tom Golden photo.