UP 951 brings up the rear as the Operation Lifesaver Special heads out of West Chicago bound for Belvidere and return.

I can honestly say this is the first time I've seen a train scoop up train orders - and with a cowl unit and manned tower, not bad for the first time!

This mixed freight was heading out of Chicago when it went through the City of West Chicago. Th engineer of this SD40-2 locomotive was so excited to see a railfan that he waved to the camera. Noti... (more)

The Conductor on the Long West Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Prepares to grab the track warrant for the train at West Chicago, While the engineer looks down the tracks.

One of only a few EJE locomotives left with the "J-Ball" logo on the nose leads the Long West through West Chicago, IL. Oh, if only a set of orders were strung up in the order hoop...

The face of a UP westbound at JB Tower.

An inbound scoot passes JB Tower.

A recent thaw and heavy traffic equals several low spots at the diamonds, low enough to warrant and 30mph slow order.

An auto train heads west over the EJE.

An extra Belvidere to Proviso turn waits patiently to enter the mainline with one of two remaining CNW numbered engines and the CNW heritage SD70ACe.

The CNW hold-out 8646 and heritage 1995 work an extra Belvidere vehicle train, seen here cooling their heels waiting for their turn to get on the triple track at W. Chicago for the ride into Provi... (more)

The J's Joliet local heads back south past the well known West Chicago JB Tower.

One of the last 3 "J-Balls" leads a Joliet local at West Chicago; the train is building air before heading south back to Joliet.

Kind of a rarity to see a train on the West Chicago Branch on the weekends which runs past the airport and onto the original CGW tracks, which are (Aside from Dubuque. the last in Illinois), the e... (more)

My first pic of 2007 in my favorite town to railfan in in Chicago, the good thing about the UP line to and from Proviso is you still see a lot of 2nd generation power (SD40-2's, C40-8's) leading t... (more)