GTW 4907 leads the CN local around one of the many curves along the Ex. CN&W en route to Kimberly WI. The next stop for this local would be Appleton Coated, the furthest industry still serviced al... (more)

With EJE 669 and IC 1024 providing the power, L521 slows to a stop at Western Avenue in Park Forest. The 669 is usually confined to the limits of Kirk Yard, but it got an opportunity to stretch it... (more)

L521 heads west into Joliet with the usual Illinois Central set. Today, two Tennessee Southern Geeps were in tow, bound for Motive Power Resources (MPR) in Minooka, IL.

In the day's last light, IC SD70 1025 leads CN L521 west through New Lenox.

A pair of IC SD70s lead L521 west on the outskirts of Richton Park. The IC SD70 takeover of the locals in Chicagoland continues.

A pair of IC SD70's are up front on the Kirk-Spaulding L521 as they head into Joliet, passing the defect detector at Milepost 6.

The DLW heritage unit holds at Park Forest with westbound CN L521.

CN SD70I 5612 leads L521 north out of the siding at Turner in Crest Hill.

L521 heads north through Joliet, about to pass under I-55 with a solo Illinois Central SD70 in charge.

CN 2407, a nice Zebra barn unit, leads L521 north through Crest Hill.

A recently renumbered warbonnet SD75I leads CN L521 west, about 3 miles east of Joliet where it will stop and do some switching before continuing to Spaulding.

An Illinois Central SD70 is in charge of the northbound L521, as it closes in on W Bridge Junction. L521 runs from Gary, IN (Kirk Yard) to Spaulding, IL with various switching spots along the way.

A pair of former Oakway SD60's have received the signal at West Bridge Junction, to cross over from Main 1 to Main 2. L521 runs from Kirk Yard (Gary, IN) to the CP interchange at Spaulding (Elgin,... (more)

After a day of clouds, the skies opened up nicely as L521 heads north with a repainted BCOL C40-8M, a CN (ex-Oakway) SD60 and a CP AC4400CW.

L521 heads north through Crest Hill with CN SD75I 5757, IC SD70 1005 and EJ&E SD38-2 661.