A 14 year effort to preserve the Chicago & Alton Railroad Depot has come to end. Union Pacific has put the demolition project out to bid, it is now a matter of time before it comes down. One of t... (more)
An old spur track from the Chicago & Alton Railroad that once led to the depot in the background is said to be the oldest Depot in Illinois. On May 5, 1865, Lincolns funeral train made an attempt ... (more)
Claude Mongeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of CN makes his second trip though Joliet on 9-11 (the last one being August 14) this time they will stop at the EJ&E Joliet Yard and board a ... (more)
IAIS 155 & 513 (the Rock Island heritage unit) with an absolute block from CP Richards to the EJ&E crossing.
Since the CN takeover of the EJ&E you see a variety of railroads passing through, like this Canadian Pacific leading a coal train out of Joliet
The blue sky reflects off the well worn diamonds at Union Station where over 100 trains a day cross paths.
The 202 local passes by Union Station with it's caboose still in tact, I shot this one in March 2010, wondering how long it will be before the windows are covered or it gets tagged with graffiti, ... (more)
EJ&E 660 rounds the curve headed to Smurfit-Stone Container. The second track is once again back in place after 30 years but not yet operational. The crossing improvements are being made one at a ... (more)
It's not a Holiday for everybody
GMTX 2106 looks like it has seen better days with over 21 peace signs graffitied on it's hood alone, as it sits along the Dow Chemical spur, while upgrades to the UP mainline continue.
Metra 110 on the Heritage Corridor Line is about to cross the diamonds after unloading it's passengers at Joliet's Union Station, it's running late due to signal problems caused by one of the wor... (more)
A real clean CN 9473 working the south end, getting the signals the old way, on the cab it's labeled GF 430a
A Nordco Spiker stops short of MP 5 as the CN Railway puts back the second track after the EJ&E Railway removed it back in the 1980's
A newly painted GMTX 2131 is tied down for the day at Dow Chemical do to the high speed rail work on the UP mainline
BNSF 9219 takes a ballast train out of Joliet