With a lone J 38-2 pounding away, tugging on a dead IC SD40-3 and a short, but heavy train, L510 heads north on the return to Shops Yard.

A late 510 train lumbers north past Quad Graphics in Lomira as it gets ready to descend Byron Hill

A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch Proctor while a thunderstorm develops over Wisconsin.

As last night's rain clouds are pushed into Wisconsin, the day's work begins at Proctor yard.

GMTX 2688 and other UP power sit at the entrance to the 36th Street Yard while workers continue to build the light rail line that will parallel the tracks.

DMIR 211 puts on a smoke show on an afternoon that the sun played peek a boo behind the clouds.

CP grain empties rolling north toward Putnam IL.

E-Lead spans the entire right side of Proctor Yard. So many cars are being moved through here that they just built a new secondary Yard Office off to the right near the vehicles, specifically for ... (more)

Westbound Blue Island - Council Bluffs road freight passes by the Tinley Park Metra depot running long hood forward tonight.

EJ&E 675 leads a late running L509 through western Will County.

Westbound Blue Island - Council Bluffs road freight passes the New Lenox Metra depot at its normal 2045hrs appearance.

UPY 826, converted from an ex-MP SD40-2, and UP snoot 3293 have just gotten a signal at CP Troost to head back to Neff Yard. These two motors have just come across the AS&B Bridge from North Kansa... (more)

A heavy wet snow is falling as trains move about Proctor Yard. On the left is the Proctor Switch with a pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s, in the distance is a loaded ore train that has just arrived an... (more)

Although the logo is faded the colors of the DM&IR live on in 2013. The nose of 215 makes for a good place to keep lunch cool.