IC 1018, an Illinois Central SD70 still painted in the "Deathstar" scheme, leads CN M338 past a small railroad-themed park in Elmhurst, IL on a frigid January night.

AMTK 447 waits to depart Union Station while an Amtrak Turbo Train arrives from St. Louis, passing under the Union Station tower that controls the trackage south of the terminal.

Its rush hour at La Grange, IL and BN 9920 is pouring on the coals as the train rushes through the station without making a stop. BN commuter service was provided between Chicago & Aurora, IL. Ser... (more)

ATSF 500, Santa Fe's first B40-8W, leads a GP60M and another GE on westbound Q-train passing under the large signal bridge near Joliet Union Station and tower. Trackage here is both Santa Fe and S... (more)

ATSF FM H12-44 sits next to the diesel shop at Corwith Yard, Chicago, with 3 Geeps in March 1974. It was built in August 1952 as ATSF 520 and renumbered to 620 3/16/73. The switcher was retired no... (more)

Rounding the sharp bend through Ancona, UPs Military schemed locomotive takes charge of UPs Chicago to California stack train running on foreign rails.

After a line of snowstorms blanketed northern Illinois the previous day, UPs “Spirit of the Union Pacific” Military schemed locomotive head ends the UP trackage rights Z train on the BNSF Sout... (more)

Two sets of power, PA-1 1052 with E-7 1002 and GP-9 495 with F-7(A) 711 are waiting for Combine Train #2 the WABASH CANNONBALL and BANNER BLUE from St. Louis, Missouri. The two sets of power w... (more)

Motorists take evasive action to give way to the Loves Park turn, as the train gingerly navigates the street running on Madison Street.

A pair of GP15-1s and 4 loaded gons take a stroll through along the banks of the Rock River as they head towards Belvidere after making a Loves Park turn.

U{ 1417 leads the Troy Grove local South out of De Kalb.

CN’s Millsdale oil local, L545 breaks the nighttime silence through Downtown Lemont, as they head south past the historic 1859 built depot on their way to Millsdale. Being pulled by two veteran ... (more)

Metra 406 makes a station stop in Tinley Park with a inbound train.

Iowa Interstate BICB with the Rock Island heritage locomotive leading rockets through Downtown Marseilles as it passes the old Rock Island depot.

Iowa Interstate train BICB bound for Council Bluffs crawls through Downtown Joliet across Bridge 407 with the Rock Island heritage locomotive, IAIS 513 leading. This historic lift bridge over the ... (more)