ATSF 92 brings the coach train past Spaulding Tower at IRM.

METX 84 leads into Lake Forest.

ILSX 921 rests in the snow in Bensenville.

It is the dead of night, and all is quiet on the Union Pacific Harvard Sub. Not a sound was to be heard, save for the infrequent passing car or truck and of course our camera shutters. With it bei... (more)

METX 129 heads inbound at Winnetka.

INRD 9011 and another SD90/43MAC take a westbound train over the monumental Tulip Trestle.

METX 405 shoves inbound by Tower A-2.

Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH #517 leads a Hiawatha Service train past the depot at Lake Forest, Illinois. The frigid temperatures seem to have been sidelining the brand-new SC-44 Chargers and bringing out ... (more)

The Mainline of Mid-America lives on in Homewood as CN L536, the Glenn-Kirk local, flies past. The crew was extremely enthusiastic, but after all, who wouldn’t be; being at the controls of a pie... (more)

WSOR T-001-03 rolls west over the Des Plaines River in Libertyville, IL with the railroad's flared-radiator SD40 in lead adorned with flags.

NKP 765 shoves past the Brecksville depot.

UP 2746 leads an intermodal through Nelson, past a coaling tower and searchlights, both figments of the past nowadays.

O’er the river and through the woods, back to the Twin Cities we go! Accelerating after a brief stop in Bruno, we see the Big Boy himself chugging over the Kettle River in Sandstone, MN. The tur... (more)

CRI&P 4506 prepares for departure, heading the first caboose train of the day on August 12th, 2018.

Kenosha PCC streetcar 4609 begins its westward journey near the lakefront on a pleasant Sunday.