In 2020, newly appointed Watco outfit Elwood, Joliet & Southern (EJ&S) assumed operations of "The Phoenix Line" from Canadian National. One of the various industries served is BL Duke Sc... (more)

Smoking it up in run 8, Y-JOL202 thunders west out of Joliet clearing yard limits and the UD diamonds as they head past Patterson Road with the infamous BNSF 1755 leading.

On a gorgeous and warm spring evening, the weather is very great as Y-JOL202 gets up to trackspeed screaming west over Hickory Creek In Joliet after clearing the 25mph zone over the diamonds at UD... (more)

Q198 heads south across Bridge 198 with a GTW heritage unit leading the way, solo.

On a beautiful evening, Y JOL202 thunders across Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side. A veteran SD40-2, still wearing Santa Fe Bluebonnet paint, leads the way.

Rock Island 649 and two other E8s lead a couple road switchers on a head of an eastbound freight approach the Santa Fe/ICG diamonds in Joliet, IL on the way to their Chicago Blue Island yard. Like... (more)

Former Santa Fe SD40-2 1755 leads 202 West out of Joliet.

A UP SD60 and a UP SD40N shove a cut of stack cars into Global 4. The leader, #2182, has been assigned to Global 4 for over three years now and is primarily used at the south end, as seen here.

With a veteran Bluebonnet SD40-2 leading the way, Y JOL202 hustles west through CP Plaines at track speed. #1755 has managed to elude the paint shop despite being underway in 2023, quite a feat if... (more)

An old school H1 GP38-2 leads the way of Y JOL202 this evening as it passes through CP Plaines. Joliet 9 Generating Station stands in the background. A former coal powered station, it was converte... (more)

Rock Island 675 has completed its weekend commuter run to Joliet from LaSalle St. Station, Chicago. Shortly the train will load city bound passengers and head back into Chicago. The introduction o... (more)

The Texas Eagle makes a station stop at Joliet early in its trip down to the Great State of Texas.

Two of Metra’s specially painted locomotives meet at Joliet Union Station. Metra 425 (Rock Island heritage) waits to depart inbound to Chicago on the RI line while Metra 104 (City of Chicago ins... (more)

Metra's newest heritage until leads an extra bicycle train on the Heritage Corridor.

Rock Island 205 halts its eastbound freight at Joliet, short of the diamonds with ATSF & ICG at Union Station, while a westbound rolls by led by U28B 253. Joliet was the west end of Rock Island co... (more)