Looking good in its two-tone grey paint scheme reminiscent of Canadian fighter jets and honoring Canadian and American Air Force veterans, CP 7023 leads a very long loaded 686 potash train through... (more)

A BNSF SD70MAC leads CP 686, a loaded ethanol train, through Northbrook, IL, about to diverge onto the UP New Line (Milwaukee Sub) for the trip to Bensenville and points east.

CP heritage SD70ACU 7011 leads 686 east past the historic Milwaukee Road depot in Deerfield.

CP heritage SD70ACU 7011 leads 686 east past the vintage searchlights in Sturtevant.

CP heritage SD70ACU 7011 leads 686 east under the old MILW cantilever at KK Bridge.

CP heritage SD70ACU 7011 hits a plow line as it leads CP 686 east through Pewaukee.

CP SD70ACU 7011 thunders under the searchlights at Rondout with train 686 as snow falls to the ground.

BNSF SD70MAC 8908 leads a flood detour west through Wood Dale.

After receiving a crew change at Barr Yard, a pair of Ferromex SD70ACe's make their way south down the UP Villa Grove Subdivision in Dolton.

A pair of Ferromex SD70ACe's await a mainline recrew at Barr. Ferromex definitely ranks at the top of my list when it comes to favorite paint schemes.

A former Milwaukee Road SD40-2 heads east through Argo, bound for a crew change at CSX' Barr Yard. In Argo Yard, an SW1500/slug set waits to go about its business.

CP 6230 leads CP 686 south up Lake Hill.

CP GE rebuild 8033 departs Bensenville yard with the first of the day's two 686's.

CP 686 turns down the IHB with an NS SD40E leading.

NS SD40E 6336 leads CP 686 east through LaGrange, ducking under the old BN as well as Ogden Ave.