AZER E8 6070 sits in Bensenville Yard.

Arizona & Eastern E8 6070 is a long way from home as backs around the Canal Street wye with a excursion.

AZER E8 6070 blasts south through Manteno, doing every bit of track speed.

IC E9 101 sits in Gibson City with the 2011 CN/IC Santa Train.

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Heritage unit casts its reflection into the nameplate of Vesta on the Nebraska Zephyr.

Amtrak's Phase II heritage unit sits inside Union Station on National Train Day.

After a day of heavy rain, the sun comes out to illuminate the largest operatable diesel in the country, on display for Railroad Daze.

A pair of patched SP SD40M-2s sit at Proviso Yard waiting to be moved west to Sterling for storage.

WC GP38-2 2001 and EJ&E 663 sit at Homewood Yard, quite the neat, yet unusual pair for sure.

The NS F9s lead a special train through Franklin Park, heading for Bensenville.

The Boy Scout unit trails on a Operation Livesaver special through Elgin, IL. Although this isn't exactly what I wanted on the rear of this train, seeing a train on the Belvidere Branch in dayligh... (more)

Going to the CIRY is almost like a step back in time, vintage switchers in vintage heritage paint schemes switching industrial Chicago! Unfortunately, today was the final day of this classy railro... (more)

The CNW heritage unit runs down the ex-GM&O main through Lockport with a business train, not where you'd think of CNW!

The WP heritage engine leads a stack train east at Glen Ellyn.

UP SD40-2 3300, the United Way engine, sits at Proviso Yard.