The outbound Southwest Chief has a private car on the rear from yesterday's AAPRCO train. Notice 48 has some paint chipped off of the front.

The controls of 476, as it sits in the museum section of the roundhouse, awaiting the day when it will be repaired and operational again.

A minute later, it was sunny! Notice Mike Wnek hiding in the corner.

Two Bluebonnet Geeps on the local today! A very rare GP7 followed by a GP35! Twice today I saw two Bluebonnets together. The other pair was a GP60 and a GP30.

Here's a once-in-a-lifetime shot. METX 197 had brake problems and pulled off into the Downers Grove siding #2, then the crew fixed it. I've never seen Metra pull into this siding before. Here, 403... (more)

The photo runby for any passengers that wanted to get off in Bureau. Not as cool as mountains in China, but still pretty awesome to watch.

Some kids waiting for the next inbound Metra wave to the westbound Swoosh. KCS 2046 is the last unit.

A shiny ES44DC passes up the Tamper and Ballast Regulator working to get the new section of track on Main 2 into proper condition.

BNSF does a little replowing, passing a big chunk of snow the village mini-plows left on the platform.

Flags and Flares leads a UP intermodal on the 3rd anniversary of Sept 11th.

Both trains were stopped and I was standing on the crossing....195 and 403 wait side-by-side for traffic to clear after a killed trespasser in LaGrange caused major delays. The passengers aboard 4... (more)

BRCGAL heads west towards Galesburg with an eclectic power mix, including a GP60M, two SD40-2s, and, hiding in the back, GG20B #1211.

An ATSF and MRL duo pass through a 10MPH speed restriction due to recent pouring of ballast, after ties were replaced. Notice also that the ATSF SD40-2 has received reflective yellow stickers to m... (more)

An H2 B40-8W flies through at dusk, leaving it's Cigar Band floating in midair.

It may be a cruddy station, but it's its last day of operation and at least 6 railfans came out to document it. A CSX manifest rolls through on Main 1 with a bunch of new BNSF taconite hoppers up ... (more)