METX 73 rests in the snow in Elgin.

METX 129 heads inbound at Winnetka.

UP 4610 leads a westbound stack at Elmhurst. 10mm offered an interesting perspective of this one.

UP 6706, the final C&NW patched AC44CW on UP’s roster, holds at CP University in Wheaton awaiting clearance.

UP 5565 leads a coal train past the C&NW searchlights at Cortland.

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

CEFX 6007, an ex-SOO Line SD60, leads west out of Kirk Yard in Gary.

NS 5333 runs LHF with a bottle train at Dolton, IL.

CBFX 6025 leads CP 280 at Northbrook.

UP 1950 leads CP 286 at Tower B-17.

The CTA Holiday Train holds at Linden in Wilmette.

The CTA holiday train pulls into the Linden station on the CTA Purple Line.

CP 288 ramps it up through Des Plaines with an SD40-2 up front.

CBFX 6025, a former BN SD60M, leads G45 under B-12.

CP 5031 leads 288 through Northbrook.