Quite the classy consist heads west through Oswego, with the IR's Job 107.

The Illinois Railway heads west through Oswego on its way back to Ottawa from the BNSF at Eola.

Job 107 slowly rolls through town, headed for Wedron and at some point in the day, Ottawa.

With a foam party at the pedestrian crossing our party of two gets the shot going through town against the Oswego sign. The hurry up and wait game has begun.

This was a Christmas Eve present that the BN received courtesy of vandals in my hometown of Oswego, IL. Three of four SD9s derailed when the "mainline" half of the crossover switch was thrown rev... (more)

The Illinois Railway's Eola Job returns from BNSF's Eola Yard light engines. Since being bought by OmniTrax, the IR has significantly upgraded their power, although their 2 SD50s are in HBR paint.

An eastbound coal train literally crawls along at about 5MPH, trying not to stop as it waits for clearance onto the Chicago Sub at Aurora.

Westbound empty with a swooshed SD70MAC and two brand spankin' new SD70ACes pass rural suburbia - 40 miles west of Chicago. I saw lots of kids outside playing in the backyard on this beautiful spr... (more)

A pair of BNSF ES44AC GEVO's lead a westbound coal train through Oswego, down the Mendota Sub.

Amtrak Dash 8 P32BWH 515 highballs Train #383, the outbound Illinois Zephyr, through Oswego down the BNSF Mendota Subdivision.

It was getting late in the day and I decided to hang around to see the Amtrak that was due. I'm glad that I did! Amtrak Dash 8 P32BWH 515, still in its Phase IV paint scheme, highballs the outboun... (more)

The Illinois Railway's job from Ottawa is on its way back with interchange trafic from the BNSF at Eola. Today's lash-up includes leased LLPX GP15 1513, and pooled NKC GP7 2 and CSP B23-7 2.