The Illinois Zephyer pulls into Naperville for it's quick pick-up/drop-off and go.
8457 leads an eastbound Metra along main one. It was just freshly ballasted.
701 awakens the small town of Sheldon with it's Leslie RS3L.
The Monon kept it going with a J771 following the J726. Here, the 771 departs the elevator at Cherry Grove after dropping off one car.
Metra 144 leads a midday Scoot out of Wheaton.
IHB 4018 pulls a transfer from Hohman Ave to Riverdale west under the signals at Paxton Ave.
A CN SD40 and two ex-IC SD40-2s lead a southbound manifest through Gilman. Gotta love the old sytle-G signals.
CP 4522 puts two CP boxcars into the Daily Herald building as the caboose and two empties sit on the team track.
On their only day off, DM&E 4004 and IC&E 4206 sit idle on the east leg of the DJ wye.
The 918 Job sits in the yard while the inbound M-HUCC hits the first few miles of iron in Illinois.
In what can only be described as the perfect ending to a great day, CSX 8181 leads the J726 south through the South Romney blades.
PF24 brings an empty CSX train west at Burns Harbor.
Metra 415 puts on a bit of a smoke show as it leads 2247 into the sunset.
With all of the jobs juggled up due to vacations, engineer Brian Voss is at the throttle of the 212 as he eases the train into Roselle. He made what we call a "premo spot".
CHI472 heads back west for Rochelle.
