Freshly repainted GTW 4925 shoves up the rickety Forest Park Branch to service the industries of... Forest Park.

CN's R953 thumps down the "famous" Forest Park Branch which splits a mall in half. This at one time was a connection from the IC to the CGW, and is now an undermaintained spur. Very tight cleara... (more)

CN's R953 traverses the famous Forest Park Branch, negotiating tight clearances since it runs right through a mall and parking lot (note Dominick's). At one time this line connected to the CGW at... (more)

A repainted IC SD40-2 leads a C40-8 west on the Freeport Sub. Fellow photographer Matt Lastovich is in the background, looking thrilled to see a CN repaint.

WC 3024 idles through this evening shower. Apparently the crew last night didn't quite make it back to Hawthorne and left this beauty crewless for a day.

Just like the ol' days.........An all IC lash-up heads over the Des Plaines River Bridge.

A one-of-a-kind engine leads todays train to Waterloo. This engine was the first SD40 with 645 prime mover, built as a testbed for the series as EMD 434, an SD40X. It rides on an SD35 frame, giv... (more)

Sunset along the old IC on one of those long Summer dayz.

GTW 5922 holds 337 to wait for the arrival of 338 before heading west.

IC 6013 leads WC 6594 West out of Hawthorne yard just as the sun sets

NS 6721 leads IC 9568 West toward the IHb connection on E249.

A rare visitor to the CN leads the 249 train towards the IHB.

A strange consist for today's E249: CN GP40-2W 9427, CN/IC SD40-2 6140, IC&E SD40 205, and CN/GTW GP9R 4634. All units online and working hard.

WC 6616 leads IC 6056 and 3133 on a 5300+ manifest Westboun out of Hawthorne yard.

A freshly repainted ex SP AC44 leads a freshly repainted ex IC SD40 on the daily Westbound manifest.