The Chicagoland area is still the place to go to see a number of IC SD70's still in service.

A pair of IC SD70's rest in the former EJ&E Joliet Yard waiting for the next assignment on a nice summer morning. This yard looks more like a ghost town most of the time with not much going on mos... (more)

On January 21, 1989, Illinois Central’s SCMI freight, operating from Chicago to Memphis, Tennessee, passes over the interlocking at Tolono, Illinois, where the IC main line crosses the Norfolk &... (more)

Three IC "deathstar" SD70's rest in the yard on this nice summer afternoon. On this day, six black IC SD70's were assigned to the yard.

Paul Meyer photo.

IC 1027 leads another big consist West through Ivanhoe on CN L515.

As the rain picks up, a former IC SD70 rockets through Plano, IL, passing the old CB&Q depot in the middle of town.

While the rain begins to subside, BNSFs H-GALCNI1 27A crawls out of Aurora, IL and towards BNSFs Eola Yard with a former IC SD70 in the lead.

A trio of Illinois Central SD70's bring a loaded ore train through the Kelsey control point and pass under they classic signal cantilever south of Greenville, Pennsylvania. The train will tie down... (more)

Geeps bring the Chicago-Kansas City train out of Springfield on a cold, gray day. This track and the parallel ex-Wabash main were reconfigured/rerouted in the 1990s to reduce auto/train conflicts... (more)

CN train L572 (Flat Rock, MI - Detriot, MI turn) pauses under the "Double Arches" on the CN Dearborn Sub before shoving back into the NS yard to double its train.

With greens till Gilman, CNs A407 job ducks under the town of Paxton with a pair of IC SD70s right at home. Paxton is the only town on the Chicago sub that features zero crossings in the downtown ... (more)

What was once a grand interlocking system, controlled by a manned tower, has now dwindled down to an abandoned relic aside a grain elevator. Nice to see snapshots of the old IC still standing tall... (more)

After getting fooled by a different northbound an hour beforehand, CNs A407 job rips through the small town of Ludlow, IL, a half hour north of Champaign, IL. Each small town along the IC has some... (more)

On the evening of Mothers Day, CNs A407 job breaks the calm silence of Chebanse, IL, to which, they’ll decelerate into the tiny yard in Otto. Big fan of the small town feel beneath the gazebo as... (more)