It's not very common to see MRL power show up in Chicago. This SD45 was a nice surprise on the point of a northbound manifest.

Iowa Interstate's Blue Island switch job backs down the IHB to Blue Island Yard while a CSX stack train heads east and a Metra Rock Island train passes overhead.

Rolling a double-stack train south across the Calumet Saginaw Channel bridge on the ex-B&OCT mainline .

An ex-MPI SD45 leads a train through Blue Island while he throttles up and blasts a sickly sounding Leslie RS-3LR air horn.

After switching the IHB, IAIS train BISW heads back north to get back onto "home rails".

A visitor from out west leads a BNSF train north on the IHB through Blue Island.

The evening local down the ex Trunk main throttles up after receiving the clear across the IHB.

A pair of UP Dash 8's swing around and out from under the Metra RI Line and high ball West.

CN 6007 has a very unique look, I don't know if it's the nose light, or the Canadian style cab, but here it is leading through BI headed for the CN/IHB connector.

IHB 2925 sneaks past the old GTW tower.

How often do I actually take the time to stop and shoot a common CP AC? So here ya go.

IHB 4014 screams across the ex Trunk main through the famed BI Junction.

IAIS 710, 16, and 08 await their re-crew for the outbound BICB-24.

NIRC 7 shoves a rock train into the Blue Island yard lead while Metra runs the first rush hour train of the afternoon down the main.

Getting ready for a crew swap after passing through Blue Island.