A pair of KBS ALCOs brings a grain train through Kankakee. Tom Golden photo.

An IHB SW1500 and hump trailer are completing the shove of a cut of cars at Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of IHB NW2s, including their Bicentennial unit, head west with a transfer for the ICG's Markham Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A week before Christmas, the ICG has a GP10 and their Christmas-painted caboose on display for families at Kankakee. Tom Golden photo.

Having delivered their transfer train to Barr Yard, a pair of ICG SW14s are headed back to their home at Markham Yard. Tom Golden photo.

On an overcast day, an ICG SW9 leads a caboose hop at 21st Street Interlocking. Tom Golden photo.

Led by a trio of Geeps, a Grand Trunk Western freight is about to hit home rails as it transitions off of the former C&EI at Thornton Junction. Tom Golden photo.

Only a couple of months old, a pair of South Shore interurbans is about to cross the former PRR's South Chicago & Southern. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of CNW GP50s leads a westbound mixed freight on the IHB through Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

A Santa Fe caboose hop is seen rolling past Joliet Union Station. Tom Golden photo.

Led by an F40PH and a B-A set of E-units, a westbound Amtrak train passes by Hick Tower at CP 502 on the former NYC triple-track mainline. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

A pair of brand new Southern Pacific C44-9Ws sits outside of the BRC's locomotive facility at Clearing Yard as they await their first revenue move. Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

A pair of Southern Pacific GEs bracket an EMD switcher on a mixed freight moving through Joliet. Paul Meyer photo.