A trio of high-hood four-axle GEs leads an EMD counterpart on an eastbound train along the former Nickel Plate Chicago to Fort Wayne mainline. Tom Golden photo.

A Rock Island Distract RTA train makes a stop at Vermont Street Station in Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

Led by a F40C, a two-car Milwaukee Road commuter train passes through Bensenville. Tom Golden photo.

A single Milwaukee Road SD40-2 hanging outside the locomotive shop. Tom Golden photo.

A single Milwaukee Road MP15AC is seen switching a cut of cars around the yard in Bensenville. Tom Golden photo.

While a trio of Geeps bring in an inbound freight, a pair of SD40-2s are preparing to depart the yard in Bensenville. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of LMX B39-8s are seen mingling around several sets of Burlington Northern motors as well as a former MoPac EMD at the BN's Clyde Yard in Cicero. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of slug/SW1500 combos are seen pulling cars out of the bowl at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Bob Zwiers photo.

The first SD60 built, EMD's demonstrator #1 is seen at the IHB's Blue Island Yard in Riverdale awaiting testing on Conrail. Tom Golden photo.

Nicknamed "The World's Largest Switch Engine" amongst local railfans, one of the South Shore's three 800-series motors is seen shuffling cars at Burnham Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Chicago Short Line switchers along with a former Santa Fe caboose are seen parked in front of the State Line Generating Plant in Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

Less than a month old, a trio of Conrail C30-7As are seen awaiting their next assignment at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Note a traincrew's opinion about the new locomotive additions that was draw... (more)

Everything is black. A pair of former Penn Central F7As are hooked to a former Penn Central Geep as the set of black units are staged in an equally dirty, grimy Colehour Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A single SW900 is seen switching cars on the east end of Barr Yard near the repair track. Note the safety-themed billboard behind the locomotive which would be updated several times a year to ref... (more)