The 2019 Operation North Pole trainset departs Glen Ellyn with a inbound.

BC Rail B36-7 3611, two other BC Rail B36-7s, and a BC Rail C36-8M sit in the deadline at Homewood.

UP 428 sits in the steam shop at IRM. This engine is currently being restored to operating condition. It looks pretty good!

Various Amtrak power, including a new Genset, sits in the yard in Chicago.

CB&Q 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr wait to depart east out of the IRM depot.

Iowa Interstate's two Chinese QJs, 6988 and 7081, pass under the Centennial Bridge getting ready for the dedication ceremony and the opening of Riverway 2006.

IC SD40-2 6014 leads the deadline at Homewood. Behind 6014 are two rarities, Ottawa Central RS18 1865 and GTW SD40-2 5936, one of just two still in blue paint. The IC and GTW engines are just stor... (more)

Two ADM geeps sit outside the plant in Clinton, IA.

EL S1 310 backs through North Judson.

Former KCS SD70MACs and SD70ACes now owned by PRLX sit in East St. Louis.

IHB GP40-2LW 4021 works the hump job at the west end of Blue Island Yard. IHB recently purchased three of these units.

The demo GP22ECO unit sits at EMD's LaGrange plant.

South Shore 803 runs west light around the depot area. This is the first weekend a Little Joe has operated at IRM, or anywhere in the country, in over 20 years.

As darkness falls, a variety of power sits at the engine terminal in Galesburg. Power that can be seen is bluebonnet GP35 2518, a UP C40-8, former BN 7149, NS and BNSF Dash 9s, CN SD60Fs, warbonne... (more)

The largest operating steam engine in the world lays over in St. Louis.