Just after Amtrak 300 rolls north over the diamonds, the morning eastbound Iowa Interstate freight, IAIS SIBI (Silvis, IL - Blue Island, IL) heads east past UD tower in Downtown Joliet. Leading th... (more)

L561 prepares to cross the former Wisconsin Central at Slinger with a pair of light GP38-2’s to pickup a 100 car grain train at Ackerville to take back to Horicon.

Rumor has it that the North Shore Mining Railroad is closing down due to poor quality pellets, old technology to make pellets, and inability to renew mineral leases for the time being. I took adva... (more)

JNLC 5 and SLSF 1630 pose side by side and look pretty for the many photographers at the ‘Shay It Forward’ night photoshoot.

A BNSF GP38-2 and GP39E, still wearing their Burlington Northern Colors in 2020, and also at their home base switch stack cars around at the old Burlington Northern’s Clyde Yard, now owned by BN... (more)

RBMN 2102 heads downgrade into Nesquehoning while heading alongside Lake Hauto with an excursion train.

LPJ05 busts through 2 feet deep snow drifts on the UP Troy Grove Sub.

On a snowy New Years Day, CN ET44AC 3008 the Illinois Central heritage unit, one of 5 CN heritage units brings up the rear of a 1x1x1 consist on Q116 as it flys through Plainfield past the abandon... (more)

50 years of magic and happiness! Walt Disney World opened in 1971, and 50 years later still going strong in 2021, and is only getting better. Disney’s Monorail System was opened in 1971 with the... (more)

The Indianapolis District of the former Illinois Central was known as the “Hi-Dry Line” for many high fills and bridges/trestles. In the last rays of sunlight, the Sunday - Friday SAHW (Senate... (more)

RBMN 2102 flys through Hamburg before making a station stop at Port Clinton.

The 2022 CP Holiday Train rides the shore of the Mississippi River during last light arriving into the Quad Cities.

On a busy afternoon at Galesburg Yard, power hangs around the pit waiting for its next assignment, including many GE’s, a few EMD’s and some fallen flags.

Just after sunrise, UP 1982, the MoPac heritage leads a short ZBRG2 through Elmhurst as it descends into its arrival at Global 2.

BNSF 1706, still wearing its Burlington Northern paint leads L-CHI105 westbound over the Des Planes River bridge on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision in Lemont, Illinois.