After working the industrial park, IC 3108 and 3115 perform their switching at BlueLinx in University Park, before heading home to Kankakee. Only a handful of GP40R's remain in Illinois Central pa... (more)

Right at home on the old Mainline of Mid America, a pair of Illinois Central GP40R's, both still wearing Deathstar paint, hustle the Kankakee Local (R960) south through Peotone. On their way, they... (more)

NREX C39-8 #7480, of obvious Conrail heritage, awaits its date with the scrapper. It's in good company with dozens of other locomotives at NRE's Facility in Silvis, IL. Built in 1986, #7480 surviv... (more)

Imagine the stories they could tell. Dozens of locomotives keep each other company at NRE's Silvis Facility. Leading the way is probably the most important of the pack. The veteran GP7u started li... (more)

10 locomotives make for a cool scene as H GALLIN slowly makes its departure out of Galesburg Yard. Passing through the West Waterman plant, the train will gain access to the Ottumwa Sub up ahead. ... (more)

A pair of UP SD40N's are in charge of G45, the Canadian Pacific transfer from their Bensenville Yard. Bound for BRC's Clearing Yard, the train is currently holding on the BRC Kenton Line at 31st S... (more)

Empire Builder #8 hustles through Rondout, passing under the Milwaukee Road signal bridge that's still complete with MILW searchlights. Rondout Tower also stands in the background.

ATMX GP15-1's 418 and 417 shove a train of empty NS coke cars over the Indiana Harbor Canal. The cars are headed into ArcelorMittal's plant for loading. These are the only two Mittal GP15-1's assi... (more)

A Mittal SW1500 shoves a bottle train into the massive East Chicago plant, shortly after it was delivered from Riverdale.

A collection of CSX power sits around at the west end of Barr Yard. Also included is the cars for the Geometry train that would depart a few days later.

Laying ballast down along the Kenosha Sub, UPY 715 and UP 819 pass the Ravenswood Metra Station at a snail's pace. The train is passing the Marianos, located at the intersection of W Lawrence Aven... (more)

After dumping ballast between Milwaukee and Rondout all morning and part of the afternoon, 8WWA shoves into Muskego Yard to tie down. Leading the train is a pair of CP SD40-2's, both of which stil... (more)

An outbound Metra train rockets out of the city as it passes BNSF's Western Avenue Yard.

In charge of an extra grain train and clear of the 10 MPH restriction through McCormick Place, a pair of CN SD60's and a BNSF GEVO begin to open it up, southbound out of the city.

A collection of KCS EMD's rest as a pair of Watco painted Geeps stroll through Knoche Yard. Included in the line of EMD's is an SW1500, an SD70ACe, an SD70MAC and a GP38-2. The GP38-2 still wears ... (more)