An outbound Metra commuter train reflects in a large pool of standing water from the previous day's heavy rainfall.

an Amtrak trainman waits in the shade as a WB stack train in the distance is about to pass his train.

Class locomotive CN 5500 leads southbound manifest in the small town of Silver Lake just south of Burlington, WI before heading accross the state line into Illinois.

On a higher than average warm fall day, an eastbound Z train catches the draft at the tail end of the morning commuter rush. The seems to greet the Santa Fe marked warbonnet with a cheery "Good Mo... (more)

WB CN M33791 races to the sunset through Elmhurst.

An afternoon reverse commute inbound train heads for it's next stop in LaGrange.

A WB Z train races past the remainder of fall colors. During the peak colors in Chicago, the sun was available only 13% of the time. So far, November is much sunnier with 82% of the sun available!

Brake shoe smoke follows a WB UP manifest freight as it works its way through the Glen Ellyn/Wheaton curves. Due to malfunctioning gates just a mile behind the train's current location, it and al... (more)

An eastbound domestic stack train with Pacer, CSX, and EMP containers rounds the curve between Wheaton and Glen Ellyn. New signals are still covered up that will eventually protect a new crossove... (more)

A Superliner set of equipment goes through the wash rack

Dude! Where's my train? An eastbound "z" train is almost completely hidden as it rounds the curve between Lee and Shabbona. The lead locomotive shows signs of some drifts still existing a... (more)