My first pic of 2007 in my favorite town to railfan in in Chicago, the good thing about the UP line to and from Proviso is you still see a lot of 2nd generation power (SD40-2's, C40-8's) leading t... (more)

Kind of a rarity to see a train on the West Chicago Branch on the weekends which runs past the airport and onto the original CGW tracks, which are (Aside from Dubuque. the last in Illinois), the e... (more)

Into the setting sun and up the "steps" out of Seward climbs this drag

Outbound BRC train led by a BRC geep and an ex SP SD45, this train also had a caboose!

Summer Sun on the beautiful CUT

Aside from the number boards now reflecting their heritage, this could be a shot from 10 years prior as they cut the helpers on at Cresson

Zooming past Haley Tower (which is now in a museum) heads a southbound CSX freight behind UP power.

Two classic big Alco's pause at Tobyhanna with the Pocono Turn

In the last days of the 'J', a empty coal train heads west into the setting sun at the classic junction of Hartsdale

A Coal Empty waits on the ski train on the wye at Tabernash

EJE Westbound slams across the diamonds at Ivanhoe past the classic EJE Searchlights.

On a beautiful fall day, a UP southbound slams through over the ex-GT trackage at Blue Island

At the end of the day, we catch a meet in Granby, this is an empty coal train with its mid-train helpers up front. A snow storm is brewing in the upper mountains.

Power idles in the small pocket yard in Remington on the TPW, this shot looks east across Indiana.

UP Local power through Rochelle