A standard cab Dash 9 leads an older standard cab Dash 8 and an R/C SD40. A nice little lash-up to close a day of railfanning.

A nice royal blue, former Conrail SD60I, swings around the curve and nails the diamonds at Danville Jct.

A pair of NS Geep's in charge of a local switch the industries in downtown Danville, IL.

A trio of NS loco's doing every bit of track speed haul a UP stack train through Sidney, IL.

After some type of failure with M336's power, GTW 5850 was added at Gilman to help the train down to Champaign.

GTW 4618 sits silently with a string of tank cars in CN's tiny Gilman yard.

UP's favorite EMD leads a colorful stack train under the CNW signals of West Chicago.

A pair of brand new ACe's complimented by a pair of sparkling Gevo's head West through WC.

A nice surprise was found in West Chicago when I came aross a crewless J SD38-2 with about 15 cars tied up in the yard. The Prairie Bike Path in the back background made for a nice back drop.

Metra ran a test train up and down the EJ&E Western Sub in anticipation for the start up of the proposed "StarLine." They filmed the trip both ways to document the routing and track condition. You... (more)

An extra grain train out of Waterloo finally makes it to Hawthorne as it coasts through Berwyn on its way to the BRC.

A late M338 with a pair of black IC SD40-2's heads East in the morning light. Both units are note worthy, as the 6128 is one of few 6100 series SD40-2's still in IC black, and the second unit is t... (more)

An old school SD40-2 leading a newer Gevo ...the way it should be; and with an S5 air horn on the leader to boot.

A large set of all EMD power pulls down to the West end before heading back toward the fueling racks. Leading the pack is one of three GP28M's that BN decorated specially with operation lifesaver ... (more)

A pair of GP40's lead this mornings G44 train toward Hawthorne, luckily for me, Hawthorne yard had two different switch jobs blocking G44's progress, so he laid back in Berwyn until they cleared u... (more)