CSXT 4775 (SD70MAC) leads CN M338, seen here alongside of Flora Church Road east of Irene, IL.

KCS 4169 (SD70ACe) leads CSXT 4526 (SD70MAC) and a CN motor on CN M338 through Genoa, IL.

Earlier today, CN M338 had a gaggle of locomotives entering the yard in Dubuque, IA, but a number of issues came up that prevented the crew from using one of them as the new leader of the train. T... (more)

CN 5693 pulls up to Osage Ave in Waterloo, Iowa with M33891 29 in tow, almost ready to depart from Hilltop, bound straight for Dubuque. It was nice to see a train with an (almost) solid SD75I cons... (more)

IC 1018, an Illinois Central SD70 still painted in the "Deathstar" scheme, leads CN M338 past a small railroad-themed park in Elmhurst, IL on a frigid January night.

Every visit to Chicagoland often ended along the "Racetrack" in Cicero for the last relaxing images before boarding the plane back home and almost every visit was disrupted by something ... (more)

A quartet of Canadian National locomotives lead manifest freight M388 eastbound as it crosses over Spring Creek and approaches Jesup, Iowa. This freight is starting its journey towards Gary, India... (more)

NS 7302, a relatively rare SD70ACu visitor from out east, leads CN M338 past a tiny railroad-themed park in Elmhurst, IL.

CSXT 4582 (SD70MAC) leads a CSX C40-8W on CN M338 through Burlington, IL.

CN M338 passes through Galena, IL, with 18 Dash 8 models in tow, coming out of storage in Council Bluffs, IA and now on their way to meet a Canadian scrapper.

A pair of Illinois Central "Deathstar" SD70s, led by IC 1026, leads CN M338 through Hillside, IL. This pair had previously gone west on M337 on July 4th.

IC 1032 (SD70) leads CN M338 past the former depot (now township office) in Burlington, IL. Good to see an IC unit ply the rails of this ex-Illinois Central line!

The Illinois Central called. They want their line back! Illinois Central SD70’s have found their way back on the old IC Freeport Division. Snow begins to fall on a late night while M338 treks... (more)

It's a late fall afternoon along the Mississippi as a quartet of CN locomotives east into the yard in Dubuque, Iowa with manifest freight M338 in tow after a run across Iowa from Waterloo. The tra... (more)

CN M338 passes by the former depot (now a township office) in Burlington, IL, led by a CSX YN2 AC4400CW.