An ex-BN SD40-2 leads a UP counterpart over a country crossing at the far west end of Aurora.
What once protected and interlocking where E-units and U-boats roamed the rails, these vintage Rock Island searchlights now stand dark over decrepit track and moribund CTC bungalows as IAIS and CS... (more)
The MJ's SW1, #23, numbered after basketball great Michael Jordan, brings a lone boxcar out of the loading dock.
An Amtrak special to Sturtevant winds it's way under Pennsy and CNW signals, through a work zone, and out of the near west side of Chicago.
A single IHB switcher drags a short cut south down the main before shoving back on a spur for some industrial switching.
WC 7524 and 7506 are screaming in run 8 doing near 60mph as they thunder through the small town of Earlville, IA.
Early in the day, or late in the night as some may say, an IHB slug set sits crewless under a nice sky.
The Franklin Park "Railroad Daze" display- CP GEVo, 2 CN business cars, IC E9A #101, BRC SW1500 #530, IHB GP40-2 #4018, CSX GEVo, UP GEVo, and UP 1982, the Mopac Heritage unit. Some Metra and Amt... (more)
A very early morning 442 train heads down the old B&OCT. At one time, the Chicago Great Western, Soo Line, B&OCT, and Chicago Aurora & Elgin all crossed right here.
WSOR's Employee Appreciation Special eases over the bridge on its way back south to Madison.
3 IAIS GP38-2s have 2 ex-Soo Line GP-9s in tow as they wait for an outbound Metra to clear before departing Chicago for Council Bluffs.
The WSOR E units bring a special from Janesville through Deerfield en route to Chicago.
The H3 delight leads this outbound Z train under classic CB&Q signals.
Late in the night, one of the first of BNSF's legion of C44-9Ws sits awaiting a crew to head for Galesburg.
UP's Proviso to Yard Center transfer sits at McCook waiting to cross the BNSF. Consist was UP 3098, an SD40-2 snoot, UP 3024, a normal SD40-2, and UP 3036, the only patched CNW SD40-2 in the Zeto... (more)
