NRG’s Will County Generating Station in Romeoville, IL owns 2 EMD SD20 locomotive’s. Those SD20's are used to deliver coal trains in and out of the plant that Union Pacific delivers to them. O... (more)

WOW, THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL!!! After working Suncast in Batavia, the West Chicago local (R-CHI452) heads back towards Eola Yard in Aurora after they finish their work for the day. The train is seen... (more)

Numerous of people line the bike path bridge in Rondout on a early Sunday morning as SOO 1003 heads towards Janesville at Rondout Tower.

It’s a once in a blue moon occurrence, as WSOR’s T-004 heads south with one of WSOR’s new SD60M’s leading 3 WAMX SD40-2’s. Normally being a middle of the night run through Rondout, T-004... (more)

IAIS 6988 crawls past the historic Grinnell depot before a crew change point east of the Union Pacific Oskaloosa Subdivision diamonds with 2100 tons of freight.

UP’s KD local heads back towards Belvedere with 5 cars from Cimco, as they street run on Madison Street past Mary’s Place in Rockford with two UP GP15-1’s, Y700 and Y644.

As viewed from the inside of the interlocking tower at the Monticello Railroad Museum, IC GP11 #8733 shoves the MRM freight demo towards Downtown Monticello during Monticello Railroad Days 2021.

Early Easter morning, CP 230 crosses the most ‘dangerous’ railroad crossing in Illinois at Grand Avenue in Elmwood Park. CP SD70ACU 7026 is at the front with a 1x1 consist. Back In 2005, a Met... (more)

It’s a busy and hot Friday summer afternoon out on Fox Lake, people out boating, and fishing as WAMX 3894 and Metra 405 lead the Richard Oppenheim Retirement Special at a snails pace over Fox La... (more)

CN A407 heads north on a haze afternoon with two Illinois Central SD70s, 1005 & 1022, and a CN NA scheme SD40-2W. They are seen here splitting the ancient Illinois Central coaling towers that can ... (more)

During the afternoon’s downpours in the Chicagoland area, L CHI1051 25A winds it’s way through the Des Planes River valley while there are still fall colors on the trees. Bluebonnet SD40-2 175... (more)

On a crisp cold sunny morning just after the sun pokes above the horizon, KBS’s crew begins the day making their way towards Beaverville to pick up 9 tankers for CN to interchange at Kankakee. 4... (more)

Union Pacific’s Winter Olympics SD70M #2002 has been in and out of the Chicagoland region as of lately on stack trains. On the evening of Valentine’s Day ‘22, UP 2002 and another GE split th... (more)

GTW takeover on The J. L512 prepares to head into Kirk Yard past the recently closed Majestic Star Casino with a GTW duo, 4632 and 4906. With the GP9R being limited to leading trains due to no PTC... (more)

Oh Deer! The Blue Island Yard hump with IHB GP40-2LW 4020 shoves back cars while a family of deer begin to cross the tracks. BP2 is getting ready to depart on the right with IHB GP40P-2 401... (more)