3 freight trains converge at Brighton Park as a CTA Orange Line train passes overhead.
Two GTW geep 9Rs power the CN Joliet local. Unfortunately, 4615 was sporting a brand new coat of CN pain.
3 freshly delivered GE's make their first run west.
One of the few Metra Operation Lifesaver units leads an outbound commuter train through West Chicago.
A WSOR plow extra rolls through the frozen countryside between Ripon and Oshkosh.
There's no CN power on the south end of Champaign Yard today. The IC and GTW units were a nice catch, but the old ICG caboose was the grand prize of the day.
Amtrak waits on Main 1 for the eastbound manifest on Main 2 to finish crossing over. The manifest was running wrong main due to track maintainance.
One of the few EJ&E units left with the old J-ball logo on the nose leads a coal train bound for State Line power plant east across the UP diamonds and past the boarded up Jay Tower in Chicago Hei... (more)
Rush hour dinky heading out of the city.
A GEVO in H2 paint leads a Z train across the Des Plaines River. Too bad the Warbonnet wasn't leading.
A former Conrail geep 15 returns light after working the local job on the old Pennsy Panhandle.
A veteran SD40-2 leads 5 other EMDs on J726 as they split the now removed blades at South Romeny just days before they were removed.
A WSOR plow extra clears the seldom used branch to the Del Monte plant in Markeson.
A pair of GTW geeps still with their white frame stripes leads the local through the open fields of central IL.
A loaded coal train heads out of the shadows and into the sun as it heads downgrade toward Denver.
