The sun is shining as Canadian National C40-8 leads U730 with its train of raw iron ore from the T-Bird Mine towards the processing plant at Fairlane.

A pair of BC Rail painted locomotives lead a CN manifest freight as it heads north on the Missabe Sub, speeding alongside Highway 7 through Sax.

After the new switch and track was laid down to replace the old one at CSX's Goodman Street Yard, front end loaders were used to spread ballast on the new tracks.

Two inbound Metra commuter trains shove towards Union Station and pass under the signal bridge at CP Morgan. One train is powered by an F40 and the other by an MP36.

Working the west end of CSX's Barr Yard on the morning of March 11th is one of CSX's EMD SD30C-ECO locomotives, rebuilt from an SD40-2.

A BRC MP15 shoves back into the yard from Hayford Junction alongside a CN ethanol train on the right. A UP lead manifest freight and a BRC belt job are working the yard on the left.

A BRC GP23ECO ties on to a cut of cars from the hump bowl on a sunny March morning. A MOW crew is doing some quick work to one of the switches in the foreground.

The last golden rays of evening light shine on Metra 426 as it shoves a commuter train out of the Hanson Park station and towards downtown Chicago as rush hour draws to a close for the evening.

One of Metra's new ex-Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI's is on the point of an inbound commuter train as it departs the Western Ave Station and heads towards Union Station. The train is passing by Milwauke... (more)

A single Metra SW1500 switcher crosses over the Chicago River on the St. Charles Airline after doing some work transferring coaches to another yard.

A pair of Rochester & Southern GP9's with two cars for Metalico wait for clearance from CSX to use the West Shore track from Genesee Junction and on to the former Pennsy that is now the industrial... (more)

Wintry conditions mark the last day of March in Western New York as Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited crosses over the NY Thruway with the Phase I heritage unit trailing.

The CSX local crew makes a run around move and has to build their train from the end of the yard while CSX MOW crews replace the switches on the west yard lead at CSX's Goodman Street Yard in Roch... (more)

BRC 237 pulls down a cut over covered hoppers as it switches cars at the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard. A set of NS power awaits its next assignment in the background.

An HLCX GP38-2 is on the point of BNSF local L CHI105 as it waits under the I-294 bridge. Two other HLCX units and a BNSF will power today's train.