IAIS 513, the Rock Island heritage unit, leads SIBI East through Joliet

We're high above Joliet as an Iowa Interstate Blue Island, IL to Council Bluffs, IA road freight makes its way out of downtown. The train is seen crossing CSX Bridge 407 and the Des Plaines River.... (more)

The famed IAIS 513 leading train SIBI across the Des Plaines River via Bridge 407 in Joliet.

The Rock Island heritage unit is in charge of the morning Iowa Interstate eastbound as it crosses Bridge 407 in Joliet. The Silvis-Blue Island train is exiting CSX New Rock Sub trackage and enteri... (more)

Joliet Union Station....where it all started for me as a kid. I have many fond memories of watching trains at that very platform, including what is shown in this photograph...Warbonnets. Nearly 26... (more)

Power sits in Joliet Yard waiting for the next assignment on a hot and humid summer afternoon.

BNSF 167 arrives in Joliet Yard to begin its work as a barge sails northbound up the Des Plaines River toward the former EJ&E lift bridge. The Statesville Prison can be seen in the distance where ... (more)

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)

SIBI screams up the hill past Briggs Street with the Rock Island Heritage unit leading another IAIS ES44AC.

The crew on the L509 is getting ready for the run to Morris as UP coal train power stands by in the distance. Looks like the same disgruntled employee tagged the UP 2657, "UP Loves Layoffs" as thi... (more)

Power from a coal train that went up to the Will County Generating Station rests in the former EJ&E yard on a beautiful spring morning. Some disgruntled employee took the time to include "UP Greed... (more)

The Chicagoland area is still the place to go to see a number of IC SD70's still in service.

The Jewel Of Joliet. On the evening of Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Iowa Interstate Railroad's BICB (Blue Island, Illinois-Council Bluffs, Iowa) crosses the diamond in Joliet, Illinois. IAIS 518 (GE ... (more)

Its a hot day along the smelly and nasty Des Plains River as we see the BNSF Chicago to Galesburg local depart Joliet Yard.

A pair of IC SD70's rest in the former EJ&E Joliet Yard waiting for the next assignment on a nice summer morning. This yard looks more like a ghost town most of the time with not much going on mos... (more)