NRG’s Will County Generating Station in Romeoville, IL owned 2 EMD SD20 locomotive’s. WCCH 1801 and 1802. Those SD20's were used to haul coal trains in and out of the plant from the staging ya... (more)

Welcome back, 1755! Train Y-JOL202 makes It’s way towards Blodgett to switch various Industries overnight as It crosses the Santa Fe-era angle trestle bridge over the I&M Canal in Downtow... (more)

Breaking the late night silence around Franklin Park, the I41 transfer job out of Bensenville Yard departs for It’s short trip down the IHB to Proviso Yard in Northlake. At the helm is a duo of ... (more)

It’s an extremely hot and humid summer morning as UP train MG3AH heads east at trackspeed under the historic obsolete Chicago & Northwestern Coal Chute In DeKalb. Bringing the head end Is NS ES4... (more)

The second to last Chicago to Milwaukee bound Amtrak Hiawatha of the day, train #339 pops around the corner as it passes the 100+ year old Tower A2 just outside Downtown Chicago with one of Amtrak... (more)

Worst Case Scenario. BNSF L-CHI663 clears up yard limits as it begins It’s trek to Eddysville with a rare veteran ATSF warbonnet B40-8W, 552 leading a BNSF GP39-3, 2867 along with another... (more)

Two IAIS GP38-2’s, 705 and 711 lead PEDAV past the old Rock Island Depot in Geneseo at trackspeed.

It’s a hot and sticky afternoon in the Quad Cities region as a duo of IAIS GP38-2’s, 705 and 711 bring a PEDAV over the Rock River with a large grain train in tow. After crossing the river, th... (more)

Chicago’s Iconic Tunnels. CN train L536 crawls through Downtown Chicago with IC 1000, the “class unit” IC SD70 leading a CN SD75I and SD70M-2. They are seen here tip toeing under the ... (more)

An early L536 pops out of the McCormick Place as it makes It’s way past 31st Street in Chicago with IC SD70 1000 leading a CN SD75I and CN SD70M-2. Normally, this local gets held up a lot. Betwe... (more)

GP9u #1653, still wearing its Santa Fe paint, now serves as the Malden grain elevator switcher in Malden, Indiana. Seen here sitting under a red moon on a clear sky night.

M642 moves at a snails pace up the Chicago Heights Subdivision after waiting for cross traffic on the IHB at CP Harvey. CSXT ES44AC 911, the honoring first responders locomotive leads. They are se... (more)

The daily northbound road freight on the CSX Monon Subdivision, M642 wastes no time heading through Cedar Lake with an out of the ordinary consist. CSX ES44AC 911, the honoring first responders lo... (more)

On a haze afternoon, IHB train BP2 tip toes around the corner at 139th Street in Blue Island, as they would come to a stop for cross traffic on the CSX. IHB GP40P-2 4010 leads a regular GP40-2, 40... (more)

Two unique locomotives meet at CP Harvey In Blue Island. BP2 has the right-of-way as it crosses the CSX Chicago Heights Sub with the famed GP40P-2 leading a regular GP40-2. The CSX 911 with M642 w... (more)