The NS Manhattan local only runs once or twice a week. The line is mainly used by Metra's Southwest service.
A matched pair of blue and yellows leads 170 south on the Marquette Sub near La Crescent, MN.
A quartet of UP locomotives shoves cuts of cars in and out of UPs Bloomington yard.
One of the few remaining GTW SD40s pauses to take on a new crew at Hawthorne Yard.
A westbound BNSF coal train crosses the Chicago River as it traverses the St. Charles Air Line. These trains between the BNSF and the CN will be rerouted over the EJ&E now that the acquisition is ... (more)
The local was forced to wait on the Santa train before it could move forward, so the crew pulled the train right up so they could enjoy some of the Santa train's food.
A CSX stack train out of bedford Park heads east across the Calumet Sag Channel and through the junction.
Passengers stare in amazement as the Texas Eagle actually arrives on time.
Heading west on CN's Freeport Sub.
A GEVO leads a stack train with mostly K-Line containers south through the junction.
A colorful set of SD40s takes a spin on the turntable at Barr Yard.
A lone Belt Railway of Chicago geep idles at the KCBX coal terminal on the far southeast side of Chicago.
A WSOR plow trundles along at 10 mph as it clears the little used branch to the Del Monte plant in Markeson.
An empty coal train with a solid cream and green lashup barrels west past an old church house preserved as part of a museum in downtown Mendota.
A nice mix of IHB power heads west through the junction on its approach to Blue Island yard.