After being shopped for two weeks, to our surprise, we see IC 6251 shove a limestone set underneath I-35. After getting signals, we race up the line to watch the quartet of SD40s crawl uphill in s... (more)
With the demand for light ever increasing, limestone loads crawl into Munger with a quartet of SD40 products, the leader still sporting its Illinois Central paint. After being out of service for t... (more)
IC SD70 1015 leads CN L515 West through Griffith.
Freeport Freeway. After picking up CN 2310 and 2335 at Munger, CN train M337 gets back underway as they struggle getting back up to trackspeed with a long train for Waterloo. IC SD70s 1026 ... (more)
An early morning L509 makes It’s trek down the Illinois River Subdivision with a pair of IC SD70s, 1000 and 1034, as they arrive at East Morris to serve Aux Sable and Equistar. My Athearn Genesi... (more)
IC SD70 1007 leads CN L537 North through Hazel Crest.
CN A407 heads north on a haze afternoon with two Illinois Central SD70s, 1005 & 1022, and a CN NA scheme SD40-2W. They are seen here splitting the ancient Illinois Central coaling towers that can ... (more)
IC SD70 1000 leads CN L515 East around the Gary/Chicago airport. The trailing 4 units are dead and drained and their future is unknown, but likely not looking very bright.
A408, lead by a duo of Illinois Central SD70s, cruises South through Neoga. A few miles to the North, in Mattoon, they met Northbound A407, which was also powered by two Illinois Central SD70s. It... (more)
A407 rolls through Neoga. In a few miles, they'll roll into Mattoon where a meet with the counterpart Southbound, A408 will occur.
After working the yard in Effingham, A407 rockets North through Sigel.
Moments after sunrise, a pair of IC SD70s lead A407 North towards Effingham.
Illinois Central returns home to Homewood. Retired IC 8408 and a caboose sit on display at the Homewood Metra station, while CN L536 passes by on the former Illinois Central ‘Mainline of Mid-Ame... (more)
A trio of IC SD40-3s lead ore loads South through Grand Lake.
Seen high above Bronzeville in Chicago, CNs L536 transfer crawls out of the city with two Illinois Central paint SD70s for power.