Attempting to make is across the West Chicago diamonds by rush hour, CN 2165 passes through downtown Plainfield with BCOL 4642 in tow. BCOL 4642 is one of the last C44-9WL locomotives that are sti... (more)

An outbound Metra blasts through the snow as it approaches Naperville for a station stop.

A winter wonderland! BC Rail 4652 looks right at home leading a southbound Q116 through the fresh snow as it passes under the Route 34 bridge.

METX 420 pulls into Joliet Union Station with its load of rush passengers traveling on the old Rock Island Line.

The Amtrak Southwest Chief pulls into Naperville for its station stop several hours late

What used to prowl the yard on a daily basis, is now reduced to the pulldown sets. EJE 656 works the west Kirk pulldowns with a cut of assorted freight cars to sort over the back end of the hump.

Former glory. BNSF 645 doing what it does best. Leading hot intermodal trains towards the west coast. Here its seen leading QNYCLAC westbound over the Des Plaines River.

TVRM 1829 pulls around the Grand Junction wye before heading to the other end of the museum.

IAIS 6988 is seen passing through Sparland on its way back towards Chillicothe, IL.

A classic blue and red Metra F40PH slows to a stop at the Wheaton station on its way to Elburn.

Chicago Hot Shot! One of the highest priority trains from Chicago, Z-CHCPTL, coasts through Naperville on its way north to Portland Oregon.

Union Pacific 1111, the employee pride locomotive, makes its first run westbound on the Geneva Subdivision with an office car special.

Railroading in 2020. Labor Day Weekend marked the first event the Illinois Railway Museum held due to COVID-19. As the sun begins to set, one of the steam crew volunteers applies some fresh oil to... (more)

Assorted power sits in GM yard next to the infamous CHIGAL, aka L-CHI105 on the weekdays, With an ex BN SD60M waiting for a car consist to shove onto the main.

BNSF train HCNIGAL takes the BNSF connection off of the CN Leithton Sub to access Eola Yard and home rails.