Amtrak's Phase II heritage unit leads the National Train Day excursion out of Union Station, passing a nice searchlight signal.

Looking much like the good old IC City of New Orleans, the Iowa Pacific passenger special departs out of Fox Lake with a Janesville bound passenger special.

DM&E SD40-2 6359, the Mount Rushmore unit, leads CP 289 west through River Grove.

A very rare visitor to Illinois, D&H 7304, sits at Spaulding waiting for a new crew to come get it.

With minutes to spare before sunset, the Southern heritage unit leads a westbound empty oil train through Naperville, running left handed.

The Central of Georgia heritage unit leads the U-NSDTND west through Western Springs.

The Virginian heritage unit leads CP 288 east past Tower B-17 in Bensenville.

The Rock Island heritage unit leads a late running CBBI east through New Lenox with a friendly engineer in charge.

IC E9 101 sits in Clifton with the 2013 CN Santa Train.

The CNW twins leads YPRCN east down the Harbor mainline in LaGrange.

The Virginian heritage unit comes to a stop at 63rd St, waiting for the light into Clearing yard with CP 288.

The Virginian heritage unit leads CP 288 east under the B-12 east signal bridge.

A oddball visitor to Joliet, NS's Wabash heritage unit, switches around the south yard.

Amtrak's new Veterans unit departs LaGrange with the westbound Illinois Zephyr.

The Southern heritage unit leads a eastbound oil train through Clarendon Hills.