IAIS’s SIBI ducks under the former Wabash with one of the two Iowa Interstate heritage locomotives on point.

With highs in the single digits, an H1 SD40 & a H4 “triclops” SD60M take the 476 job west through Big Rock... bound for the second part of work at Flagg Center.

On a crisp autumn morning along the Mississippi river in Minnesotas southernmost town, CPs executive business train skates along the water with an AAB arrangement of F-units.

An old metra F40 brings the 915 outbound set through downtown lemont approaching his station stop.

Nicknamed the “Menards Local”, Y-EOL202 crawls out of BNSFs Eola Yard, towards downtown Aurora, with a trio of GPs for power.

Another morning, another L509, today the repaint leads a deathstar passed the Old EJ&E Depot.

A BN executive 70mac, a dying breed, takes VBLUPTS through Lemont in some very sharp Golden Light... on a warm autumn evening.

With snow falling down, and the city if Aurora standing talk in the background, a trio of OMLX SD40s take a long 80 car sand train around the curve, and Into the W Eola control point.

On a crystal clear afternoon, CNs Chicago to Centralia way freight hustles south through the town of Ashkum. Home rails for these IC SD70s, a scene all too familiar on this line.

As the trees adapt to autumn, a pair of ICs cruise passed the Plainfield Police K9 Memorial.

On an unseasonably warm winter morning, the stars would align for UPs Clinton, IA to Proviso, IL road train to feature a former C&NW workhorse SD40 taking the charge. Seen here ducking under its r... (more)

With more than half of UPs SD70Ms in storage, a welcomed surprise rounds the bend as MALPR approaches Bensenville, to bypass, and eventually Proviso.

In some sharp evening winter light, a trio of Belle locomotives crawl south thru Aurora, with 58 cars of manifest for Kirk Yard in Chicago.

The day before QJ 6988s Oxford & Wilton excursions, the steamer was sent from Newton, IA to South Amana, IA hauling 11 tank cars for a photo freight. Definitely a welcome change from the passenger... (more)

A crisp warm evening in Lemont, IL as a pair of Warbonnets along with an HLCX Geep drag L-CHI105 across the Des Plains River.