In the day and age where SD40-2's are being retired at a good rate, and with fewer and fewer bluebonnet's being left over, seeing one lead a train in 2011 reminds of better days.

Having been held up by track work, the Pennsylvania E8's head east back home after spending the week in Chicago

The engine house at Proviso is always an interesting place to photograph because of the variety of units that can be seen. Today, 4 brand new Ferromex SD70ACe's brought in from the CN sit with var... (more)

Always expect the unexpected, while detouring through Dolton because of trains on the CSX, UP 7400 rides down the connector from the IHB to the UP Villa Grove Subdivision with 4 passenger cars in ... (more)

5 sets of Metra equipment layover the weekend awaiting the Monday morning rush hour on a beautiful summer evening

A SOO SD60 gets fueled up, and a varied set of power set from 5 different railroads sits around

The South Side Local prepares to enter Bensenville Yard limits on a nice sunny evening

Amtrak 147 and 114 lead the California Zephyr under the now non-functional CB&Q signal bridge in Somonauk

IHB 2921 pulls out a cut of autorack cars for Gibson Yard

One of the 2 Metra F40C's still in service heads into the Franklin Park Metra Station

A pair of INRD SD9043MAC's lead CP 183 towards St. Paul Minnesota through smoke thrown out by a passing CP manifest

A brand new recruit to the Chicago Rail Link #5100 switches out Burr Oak Yard with veteran GP35 #2501. #5100 is an ex-CNW GP50 complete with a nose bell and Prime-920 airhorn and looks very sha... (more)

A single C40-9W leads a manifest through Chesterton but will soon run into trouble down the line.

As a fellow railfan gets his shot, a quartet of UP EMD's leads a manifest train bound for Proviso Yard west through Chesterton

A pair of BNSF ES44AC's lead a loaded coal train for destinations out east through Pine Junction on CSX's ex-B&O mainline