Heading up the hill from Lafayette, a WBD NS Roadrailer heads through the agriculturally-rich lands of central Indiana.

UP SD's mill about their large classification yard in E. St. Louis, IL.

Blasting from out of the darkness, a Metra West line train heads for Big Timber Road in Elgin. NOTE: Taken on CP/Metra property with permission.

It's 2 EMD's winding out in notch 8, westbound CSX train Q387-05 chases the setting sun and a clear block. HIGHBALL!

Run-thru power of the IC&E and DM&E head west into the sunset, nearing Chicago connections.

On a typically busy Chicago afternoon, some Metra power shuffles around the coach Yard as Amtrak moves happen in the background.

At dusk, a Metra West Line train departs the Windy City, bound for Big Timber Road near Elgin, IL.

Trading Amtrak rails for those of the CNIC, Amtrak's TEXAS EAGLE gets underway, leaving the brick canyons of Chicago behind.

Heading into the siding at Nickel, A pair of NS Heritage units blast by my viewfinder just west of Valparaiso, Indiana.

A nice trio of Blue and Golds pull down to the west end of the yard for headroom.

A nice white-brow NS unit leans into the curves at Otis, bound for IHB's Blue Island Yard.

Passing beneath classic Pennsylvania position light signals, NS's intermodal from Mechanicville, NY to 55th Street Chicago nears its' final destination.

(L to R) CP trains 800, 808 and 616 all await acceptance to the Belt Railway of Chicago at the east end of Galewood Yard.

Blasting out of Proviso, another UP westbound leaves the city behind as some random drop-under light pops out of the clouds.

Grabbing on wet, leaf infested rails, Marquette's train for CSX at Grand Rapids rolls down through the Manistee National Forest in Western Michigan's backwoods country.