M356 with the EJ&E heritage unit holds under the Cass Street bridge at CP Rock for a crew change while a westbound manifest proceeds it’s trip.

M356 whips around the curve coming out of Plainfield with the EJ&E heritage unit leading, passing the EJ&E era signal at Renwick Road.

L-CHI105 crosses the Des Planes into Lemont. A “fakebonnet” C44-9W that has seen better days leads a BNSF ES44AC.

The Millsdale Oil Local rockets on south through Lemont past the historic Lemont depot with EJ&E 656 at the point.

M356 crosses the UP Geneva Subdivision at JB Tower in West Chicago with CN 3023, the EJ&E heritage unit leading.

After hours of work at IHB’s Blue Island Yard, IAIS’s BIIHB transfer crosses the Cal Sag and swings around the large curve at Blue Island Junction with GP38-2 701 leading ES44AC 501, preparing... (more)

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.

On a beautiful clear blue sky afternoon in the South Suburbs, CN L536 clips on south on the CN Chicago Subdivision with a trio of IC SD70’s. IC 1000, 1019 and 1004. Seen here heading through Oly... (more)

M CHIGAL heads west under the Interstate 355 overpass at milepost 27 on the Chillicothe Subdivision with H2 B40-8W 551 leading.

METX 917 arrives into its station stop at Lemont with METX 94 leading the way to Joliet.

Getting a fresh start outta Newton for the Quad Cities, IAIS QJ 6988 thunders east through Kellogg with 2100 tons of freight.

IAIS 6988 crawls into Illinois over the Government Bridge with 2100 tons of freight.

IAIS 6988 slowly crosses the Mississippi River on the Government Bridge from Iowa into Illinois with 2100 tons of freight.

IAIS 6988 steams across the Cedar River into Moscow with 2100 tons of freight in tow.

I barely had time to get ready for the shot as IAIS 6988 wastes no time flying into Atalissa past the old depot with 2100 tons of freight.