After about an hour of switching Pepperidge Farm outside Fairview Ave. Metra Station... the Racetracks’ 457 job continues east, bound for Western Ave in Chicago. Today the 457 job sports a 5 pac... (more)

On a freezing afternoon, UPs Rio Grande Commemorative Locomotive flies west with ZG2LT in tow. Heres the hotshot ducking under the former CA&E in Wheaton, IL.

Wrapped up in a Veterans memorial livery, the MRL 4407 crawls over Skyline Trestle with a long set of loaded ballast cars in tow. With maintenance of way season in full effect, the 4th sub was in ... (more)

After complications in Cleveland the night before, a lone GP39 saves the day, by rescuing the day late M367. Seen here passing the historic, yet very dilapidated, Gary Union Station aside I-90.

The talk of the town, Metra’s new six-axle toys, have been quite desired among railfans native to the city… myself included. After running rush hour sets in the overnight hours, the 505 makes ... (more)

With 7 inches of snow on the ground from a blizzard the night before, and more snow falling from the sky, a BN Executive painted 70mac cruises west out of Lisle with a 50 car manifest for Northtow... (more)

Skating along the Clark Fork River in northwest Montana, MRLs famous day gas train begins its eastward trek for Missoula, with the normal ‘06 & ‘08 up front.

With the COVID-19 vaccine being distributed across the world, city life is slowly returning to the way it once was. To cope, CTA is slowly running more and more trains around the city... as seen b... (more)

The first of three hot Zs, shoot west out of cicero. Heres Z-CHCPTL ducking under a bridge in Lisle, IL.

With a Proviso yard crew shuttling this train east, UPs MCLPR crawls into Wheaton with a rebuilt SD40, along with various Aces & GEs, in the lead.

Engineer Mr. Neimeyer switches his train into the Earlville grain facility, with a single 3 bay hopper to pick up, before heading further south to Troy Grove.

With the last mornings snowfall coming to an end, UPs Troy Grove Job races across the Fox River with a pair of GPs up front.

Seen high above Evaro Hill, at the crest, rests one of the more iconic trestles along the MRL… seen here supporting the evening Gas train with a healthy cut for Thompson Falls.

A while back, a pair of IHBs “Baseball Geeps” take the NA11 transfer into CPs Bensenvile Yard

On a sunny evening, a pair of H4 GPs take BNSFs NIFA job back towards their Eola Yard. Seen here, the job features a short street running portion between two businesses, one of which has been conv... (more)