NS 9013 leads a manifest westbound on the NS Chicago Line through Pine Junction

A pre-production ES44AC and an executive SD70MAC power this coal train west on the BNSF Mendota Subdivision

BNSF 9875 and an ex-UP SD60 lead a coal drag westbound on main 2 through Naperville as a cop watches what we do. The cop would later pass by without saying a single word to us

Hudson Bay Railway 5009 leads its train from BNSF's Eola Yard to Ottawa Illinois.

Metra MP36PH-3S #412 arrives at Robbins with an outbound train that will diverge onto the left hand main for the rest of its journey to Joliet

Its truly a sad day for many chicago railfans as the Central Illinois Railway makes its final runs before being shut down forever. Today a BNSF crew is being re-aquainted with their old trackage a... (more)

One of the very last trains to leave Canal Street Yard before it is shut down in favor of Global 4 Yard, UP 1989 leads through Bellwood in a trip that took 3 hours to go from Canal Street Yard to ... (more)

UP 8430 leads an auto train from Global 3 to Gibson Yard

An increasingly rare sight these days, 3 EJ&E SD38-2's led by one of only 2 locomotives with the J-ball logo head east and then north with a manifest to Kirk Yard

Passing under the classic CB&Q signal bridge, BNSF 6418 leads a coal drag eastbound on main 2 after passing a westbound coal drag

Amtrak #145 races through Lockport, kicking up the dust on its way for a station stop at Joliet Union Station

NS GP38-2 #5184 leads the Bakery Local westbound on trackage rights on the CSX Barr Subdivision

Metra F40PH #100 departs Itasca and heads towards Elgin

SOO SD60 #6024 and CEFX AC4400CW #1046 lead CP 273 westbound out of CP's Bensenville Yard

Metra F40PH-2 #133 pushes an inbound train, and meets with an outbound train led by F40PH-2 #140