An extra Amtrak set idles in UP's Bloomington yard on the Chicago-St. Louis corridor.
BNSF 9880 struggles to pull 132 empties upgrade out of the Illinois River valley. (There was one DPU on the end.)
The southbound Texas Eagle pulls into Joliet.
Chicago Rail Link works the maze of industrial tracks on Chicago's far southeast side.
The J local rumbles through Griffith as it works its way west toward Joliet.
A southbound CN frieght flies through Gilman as the local power waits to resume switching.
A colorful eight unit lashup leads a transfer off the IHB and into CP's Bensenville Yard.
A trio of EMD units running Southern style prepare to lead a freight out of Good Yard. The first few cars are carrying brand new Caterpillar equipment manufactured in Peoria.
A WC geep 40 leads a track geometry train east on the old GTW main.
One of only three remaining SD40-2s in GTW paint leads M336 south through the new connecting track between the old WC and the IHB at the newly re-aligned B-12 interlocking. All the GTW SD40s (not ... (more)
I expected to see a consist like this at Wayne Junction, just not on the NS. Here an eastbound on the old Nickel Plate crosses CN's ex-GTW main.
It's not very common to see MRL power show up in Chicago. This SD45 was a nice surprise on the point of a northbound manifest.
A CN local with a pair of GTW geeps reverses through Gilman during a switch move.
A rare DWP SD40 throttles up as it pulls out of the siding at Scales Mound after meeting 338.
A UP tunnel motor looks rather out of place sandwiched between two NS dash 9s on this northbound manifest on the old IC main.
