After making a 45 car pick-up from the Corn Products Argo Plant, the BRC 237 heads back for Clearing Yard.
CB&Q 9911-A, named the Silver Pilot, is the last E5 in existence. Built in 1940, she's still going strong at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union. Here's to many more years!
The Chicago Terminal takes to the streets of Chicago, as it slowly strolls down Kingsbury Avenue, headed to Big Bay Lumber for a one car pick-up.
As Lake Winnebago provides the backdrop, various units sit around the CN (former WC) Shops Yard in Fond du Lac, WI. A line of Illinois Central switch locomotives, consisting of a few SW7RM's and a... (more)
FURX SD40-2 7239, with an unusual black FURX patch, and a BN GP39E 3021 idle under the 80 year old ATSF signal bridge at Joliet. This ATSF signal bridge is still standing after 80 years. Most FURX... (more)
An "Icon" unit is the sole power for the River Job line this morning, as it rolls through Shorewood.
It was a happening morning at Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard as SD60's 2204 and 2205 build a train along Third Rail Road in Alorton, while UP 3019 is on hold, waiting for an available track to ya... (more)
CP #800 continues its journey towards Bensenville and ultimately, the Hoosier State. Rolling through Sturtevant, the pair of Big MAC's didn't waste any time!
Eastbound and westbound UP trains meet in Hershey, Nebraska, just west of North Platte. An AC6000CW (Big 6) is leading the eastbound, while an AC44 is leading the westbound, which also has a CSX S... (more)
Minnesota Commercial T-3 and B30-7 #88 take headroom out of BNSF's Midway Yard, passing by the location that used to be Saint Paul Union Depot. T-3 still has that classic look of a B23-7, but is n... (more)
Expect the unexpected. While driving through Bedford Park, a surprise was spotted in the parking lot of SeatGeek Stadium, home to numerous Illinois Soccer teams. A former CTA Electric MU, n... (more)
The "bottle train" arrives at IHB's Lakefront Yard with NS 5076, a high hood GP38-2 in charge.
After bringing the River Line Local (L509) in, a classic pair of IC SD70's switch some cars at the south end of CN's East Joliet Yard.
Santa Fe #8612, one of only two B40-8s in yellow and blue remaining heads east through Ransom with a BNSF SD40-2 and an NS SD60.
The BRC has always been hard to spot, outside of yards, but here we have 534 preparing to head north, down its namesake mainline.
