2 NS SD40-2’s, 3517 and 3326 take charge of B09, as they hop off the NS Chicago Line and onto the IHB at the steel mill surrounded CP 502. The historic Inland Steel Office Building can be seen o... (more)

The early morning sun rises on a well below 0° morning, while temperatures start off around -10°F, a KBSR grain train for Lafayette enters Iroquois city limits as they scream in notch 8 departin... (more)

The early morning sun rises on a well below 0° morning, while temperatures start off around -10°F, a KBSR grain train for Lafayette crawls over the TP&W interlocking at Sheldon with two KBSR GP3... (more)

On a crisp cold, -10°F January morning, the KBS’ crew begins their day as they pull 51 loads past Iroquois Junction and Headquarters in Iroquois with 2 KBSR GP38-2’s. The 2 GP38-2’s on the ... (more)

L519 crawls out of the siding at CP Turner as it heads north for Spaulding with the IC class unit leading, IC SD70 1000. L519 no longer exists, and now runs as X519 when needed.

A CN SD70M-2 leads a southbound manifest on the old EJ&E Western Subdivision in Plainfield.

On a snowy New Years Day ‘22, CN ET44AC 3115 the BCOL heritage unit, one of 5 CN heritage units leads a 1x1x1 consist on Q116 as it flys through Plainfield past the abandoned elevator that every... (more)

On a snowy New Years Day, CN ET44AC 3008 the Illinois Central heritage unit, one of 5 CN heritage units brings up the rear of a 1x1x1 consist on Q116 as it flys through Plainfield past the abandon... (more)

Very heavy snow falls down on a New Years Day after sunset as Q116 crosses over the former Rock Island at CP Rock in Joliet, with CN 3115 leading the way.

The Chicagoland area missed a white Christmas by a few days, the area got a few inches 3 days later as Chicago Rail Link heads west around “Convent Curve” into Tinley Park during a heavy snowf... (more)

Business is running smoothly as IC 3138 and GTW 4917 make a headroom move as they switch out Rowell Chemical for 2 hours straight.

On the first official day of winter, also the shortest day of the year, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is seen here doing the morning tradition of shoving their emp... (more)

Terminal 101 makes a very slow arrival into NS’s Luther Yard as it crawls through some alleyway street running on the north end of St. Louis with a pair of SD40-2’s.

Construction continues on the replacement of the Merchants Bridge as TRRA 101 crosses the Mighty Mississippi’ into Missouri with a pair of TRRA SD40-2’s.

It’s a rare sight to get one Union Pacific standard cab leading a train with 2022 knocking on the door, but pure trio of Union Pacific standard cabs on one train is well beyond rare. The only pl... (more)