Light Power from Global 3 drifts under CNW signals at West Chicago.

A UP 9043MAC leads an unpatched SP AC44 at sunset.

While waiting for my Metra, a rocket from Global 3 with its ex-CNW leader glides through the station area in West Chicago

A early evening November sun casts a warm glow over UP 5899 awaiting a fresh crew after being parked for the day, her duty now done for the moment and she awaits her next assignment.

My Christmas Card Shot of a westbound Metra zooming under the old signal bridge on the curve at West Chicago.

Proviso yard job crawls through west chicago wil 80 cars for the EJ&E, these little geeps were working!

Westbound coal cruises through West Chicago this chilly day

At about 9:00AM, UP 3051 leads a manifest east through Turner Jct. A GP40-2 is 4th out.

7 AM eastbound departure for Chicago, love those CNW signals!

UP E9's 949, 951 and 963B head west through West Chicago with the UP business train!!

157 years after the charter of the Aurora Branch Railroad, where the CB&Q all began, this tie plate sits as a silent testament to the deterioration of Class I branch lines across the United States... (more)

UP's favorite EMD leads a colorful stack train under the CNW signals of West Chicago.

A pair of brand new ACe's complimented by a pair of sparkling Gevo's head West through WC.

A nice surprise was found in West Chicago when I came aross a crewless J SD38-2 with about 15 cars tied up in the yard. The Prairie Bike Path in the back background made for a nice back drop.

Metra ran a test train up and down the EJ&E Western Sub in anticipation for the start up of the proposed "StarLine." They filmed the trip both ways to document the routing and track condition. You... (more)