A trio of HLCX GP38-2’s lead M-CHIGAL out of Joliet.

L-TWI672 the “Watertown local” crawls through Bellingham on the Watertown Subdivision with BNSF 1462 and 129. 1462 still wears its Cascade Burlington Northern green.

KBSR 706 leads a empty grain out of Donovan on the approach to Iroquois Junction.

On a hot summer evening, BICB sits tied down at Silvis with a trusty SD38-2 and a GEVO while they wait for a crew to take it to Council Bluffs.

The day prior being my Senior Homecoming, I decided to look around the Riverdale and Blue Island area for some cool trains on a sunny evening to celebrate a successful homecoming. We got what woul... (more)

Vibrant blue skies fill the morning air, while L509 begins its trek down the River Subdivision with a pair of Illinois Central SD70s as they pass by the Plainfield Police Department K9 Memorial.

The Santa Fe returns home to Joliet! GP50 3167, SD40-2 1706, and H1 1842, all in classic colors, thunder west out of Joliet on the former ATSF Transcon with Y-JOL202 in some golden hour sunlight. ... (more)

INRD SAHW crosses the mini trestle through Elliston with INRD 9010 and 9009.

Crossing over at CP 151, running late on time getting out of GM Yard, L-CHI105 roars west with a veteran former Santa Fe GP60 on point.

M-CHIGAL crosses the Sanitary & Ship Canal in Lemont on a cold evening with a Heritage 1 scheme GP38-2, BNSF 2321 taking charge.

UP 1038 and UPY 709 lead LPJ05 onto the Troy Grove Subdivision on a sunny winter afternoon.

The Troy Grove local heads southwest near McGirr, through the open farm-fields of Northern Illinois. UP GP40-2 1417 leads the way, followed by UP SD70M 4804 and a whopping two cars for Troy Grove.

YPRCP (Proviso Yard - CP Bensenville Yard) wastes no time getting into Bensenville Yard with a pair of UP SD40N’s for power.

L509 crosses County Line Road while on approach into Minooka with a duo of IC SD70’s.

Being thrown in every siding for every northbound on the mainline, X342 with a CSXT SD40-2 leader once again holds in another siding as a northbound Q117 thunders north with a SD70M-2 leader.