For whatever reason, in April 2022, 3 IC SD70s escaped the grasps of their home base in Chicago and made it to Western Canada leading intermodal trains. Here, still painted in IC colours, SD70 101... (more)

IC SD70 1011 heads east on the Wainwright Sub with Roberts Bank, BC to Chicago, IL train 116.

IC 1011, an Illinois Central SD70 still painted in the black "Death Star" paint scheme, leads CN intermodal Q116 south through Barrington, IL.

CN L515 departs Markham Yard with two IC SD70s, 1011 and 1032, GTW GP9R 4619, CN GP40-2LW 9515, IC SD40-3 6250 and CN SD60 5434. Seen here ducking under the IC era signal bridge in Flossmoor.

IC 1011 approaches Range Road 220 as it heads east on the Wainwright Sub with Roberts Bank, BC to Chicago, IL train 116.

IC 1011 heads east on the Wainwright Sub with Robert Bank, BC to Chicago, IL train 116.

IC SD70 1011 leads CN L537 South through Olympia Fields.

IC 1011 and 1010 lead the CN-NS transfer RJY-30 back to Harrison Yard from the NS still in original paint. Who knows how much longer these units will be in service, but it's nice to see them lead... (more)

At the time of the photo, IC SD70 1011 was the only one of the fleet wandering CN's system. The rest were either working out of Illinois (mainly Chicago) or on the former BLE property. Here it is ... (more)

St Albans Vt-Montreal Canadian National #323 is crossing the Richelieu River at the northend tip of Lake Champlain on a warm September afternoon.

Canadian National SD70 #1011 in Illinois Central livery meets VIA Rail Canada Train #97 to New York City at Bayview Junction in Burlington, Ontario on August 5, 2016. Train #97 will become Amtrak ... (more)

IC SD70 1011 shoves a rail train eastward towards a recent derailment site at Park Gate.

Q102 speeds towards a clear signal at Henry House (just behind me) behind a nice leader, IC 1011.

With 175 platforms of containers behind them, IC 1011 + CN 2576 lift 102's train out of Armstrong

Around the bend. CN 711 is rounding a curve on CN's Montreal sub as it heads west through the Turcot area of Montreal. At the head end is a block of loaded TankTrain cars. They will be drop... (more)