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)

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)

The cab of a former BN E9AM, MARC 91, which was originally built as a CB&Q E8A. It now rests away abandoned coupled onto an abandoned bi-level at an industrial park in Bensenville, in horrible con... (more)

An old truck fills up as a variety of classic motive power spends its final days at NRE Silvis in the background. Recently NRE Silvis shut down, and most of the stuff in this photo was sent for sc... (more)

Sir, you can’t park there! Union Pacific YBE51X heads back from Loves Park on the UP KD line with scrap cars from Cimco to take back to Belvedere. They have came to a halt due to a broken down c... (more)

The New Kid On The Block. METX 504, one of Metras brand new SD70MACH’s sits outside of Progressive Rail’s shops in McCook awaiting testing.

After a 4 hour wait for the BRC to be able to take them, R-CHI457 hugs the abandoned Manufactures Railway bridge while they head under on the connection from the BNSF onto the BRC. A veteran ‘Wa... (more)

1950’s last dance. NKP 765 poses for a photo charter at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society shops.

A former BN E9AM, MARC 91, which was originally built as a CB&Q E8A, rests away abandoned coupled onto an abandoned coach car at an industrial park in Bensenville under the moon, planes landing at... (more)

An early morning L509 makes It’s trek down the Illinois River Subdivision with a pair of IC SD70s, 1000 and 1034, as they arrive at East Morris to serve Aux Sable and Equistar. My Athearn Genesi... (more)

The Happy Holiday Railway heads west in the last minutes of sunlight with BN-3 as it smokes it up past a pair of CPL’s on the Illinois Railway Museum Mainline.

One of the treats around the South Chicago, Illinois/Northwest Indiana stateline is the South Chicago & Indiana Harbor Railway, which was known as the Chicago Short Line until 2003. SCIH (CSL) 30,... (more)

Hoopin’ Orders. PRR GG1 4927 hoops orders at Spaulding Tower during the Illinois Railway Museum’s ‘Shay It Forward’ night photo charter.

The westbound Empire Builder begins it’s trip out of Chicago to Seattle with three of Amtrak’s new long distance chargers at the point, and the 50th anniversary up front.

Most of the Illinois Railway Museum’s E and F unit’s line up in front of Barn 2 for a photoshoot at Diesel Days 2022.