BNSF 735 leads a CN manifest south through Grayslake on its way to Gary, Indiana.

With a crew only minutes from timing out, A490 cruises south down the J, towards its crew change point south of town. The winter light made these KCS Bells pop quite nicely.

In some sharp evening winter light, a trio of Belle locomotives crawl south thru Aurora, with 58 cars of manifest for Kirk Yard in Chicago.

CN A490 is seen making its way south through Plainfield, approaching CP Field. A trio of Southern Belles fit the bill quite nicely on this sunny January afternoon.

A490 comes rolling south towards Shops North to work in Fond Du Lac.

BNSF SD75I #265 brightens up a rainy and dreary day as it clanks across the diamonds with the UP Harvard Sub in Barrington, IL. The former ATSF leader is in charge of train A490, a southbound frei... (more)

With the markers lit, CN/IC Blue Devil 2460 leads CN A490 south through Wayne.

Once in a blue devil! An Illinois Central Blue Devil takes charge of A490 as it heads south past JB tower with a friendly crew.

IC 2460 passes the old EJ&E depot at Lake Zurich as it leads A490 towards Kirk yard in Gary, IN.

IC 2460, a former LMS C40-8W, leads A490 south through Camp Lake, WI on the CN Waukesha Sub.

CN 2027 crawls up Byron Hill just after leaving Shops yard Fond du Lac, WI with GTW 5931 and IC 6203 attached on the rear as helpers.

British Columbia Railway powered A490 slowly advances up to the Rock, passing the former EJ&E Yard.

A490 heads east up the Joliet hill with a BC Rail barn leading a pair of CN SD75I's and an SD70M-2.

BCOL 4605 leads the A490 through Plainfield on a nice sunny afternoon.