D36 wrapping out of Gibson City with a fairly nice sized train in tow.

BNSF QNYCLAC heading West through Mazon with the New York Central heritage unit leading the way.

The IC mainline is littered with old artifacts and Ashkum is no different with an elevator, an interlocking tower, and an old depot on the other side of town. This old interlocking tower was put u... (more)

UP's Z train from the City of Industry, California to Global 4 in Elwood, IL exercising their trackage rights on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub.

A fresh looking H2 Dash 9 leading a hot Westbound Z train through Mazon on the former Santa Fe Transcon.

A Q train from Tacoma in its final stretch before arriving at its destination of Logistics Park Chicago in Elwood as the sun begins to set for the day.

The City of New Orleans with a rare B32-8WH leader backing its equipment into Chicago Union Station after disembarking their passengers.

AMTK 507 leading the City of New Orleans into its final destination of Chicago as they traverse the rails of the Illinois Central.

The North bound Texas Eagle getting right back up to track speed after a stop at Joliet.

After a brief stop just South of town the North bound Texas Eagle getting quickly back up to track speed with a Dash 8 leading the way on the former GM&O. Thank you, winter!

A manifest heading South on the Clinchfield through Skaggs Hole with some raunchy ES40DCs in the front of the consist. This was a beautiful spot!

A coal train heads East on the Virginian for interchange with the KNWA. I did not expect to end up on the Virginian on this trip. We were planning on sticking to CSX Kentucky coal and ended up in ... (more)

NS 4554 leading an empty coal train towards KNWA interchange on the old Virginian.

NS 4554 leading a plethora of power out of Mullens Tunnel with an empty coal train on the KNWA. The KNWA SD60s were along for the ride behind the NS GEs. This area was a great time as I visited fo... (more)

NS 4554, another GE, and six KNWA SD60s leading a coal train for loading on the KNWA. This small West Virginia town was lined with American flags.