On a freezing cold morning, CP 281-26 notches up out of Elmwood Park, with 5 standard cabs up front.

The 452 job follows behind a Z train & Metra on its return trip from the city. Today the local sports a rebuilt SD40, sadly also sporting “eyebrows”.

Four matching SD40s soar past a fairly large grain elevator outside of Whitewater. Sometimes T-004 swaps crews here, but after a fresh crew got on in Waukesha, these guys will take this train all ... (more)

On the warmest day of the year so far, TPWs Indiana Job crawls out of Goodland, IN with 1/3 of TPWs roster for power. The leader being of BCOL decent.

A Warbonnet C44-9W takes an H2 Gevo with an Intermodal... bound for LA... over the Des Plaines River in Lemont.

Just on the Illinois side of the IL/IN border, rests the quiet town of Sheldon. This evening, the silence is broken by TPWs Indiana Job coasting towards the interlocking diamond with KBS.

As twilight blankets the town of Elgin, CNs Iowa Division manifest hi-tails over the Fox River with a pair of matched Illinois Central SD70s. Just like old times!

Built in 1915, the quarter mile long elevated viaduct above the streets of downtown Aurora serves its purpose on a beautiful August morning, as a pair of 70macs cruise by with coal empties for Bla... (more)

The 1755, a former Santa Fe SD40, breaks the silence of the small town of Hinckley, IL. Today this veteran takes charge of the 476 job, bound for Rochelle, IL & Oregon, IL.

With a severe thunderstorm rolling into South Dakotas Black Hills, the Black Hills Scenic 2:30pm train charges up the steep rain-slick grade cutting through the dense forest.

Seen high above downtown Lemont, one of the few remaining active ATSF painted GP60s rounds through town with a long cut of manifest cars for GM yard outside Chicago.

A crusty UP AC44 ducks under B12 as it approaches the curve onto the IHB.

With a fresh set of PTC, a former Santa Fe Dash 9 leads an H4 60m on the 202 local out of Joliet.

On a warm sunny evening, BNSFs Office Car Special rockets along the Mississippi River with a long train for Dilworth. There, BNSF personnel would board for Havre, MT.

As the sun sets, L-CHI105 flies around the Lemont Curve with a BNSF SD60M Triclops Leader