Manufactured in 1922 at Inland Steel, A 9020 Rail showing a little wear.

With some donations to the museum, I bet it could get TLC and some paint.

As tree branches snap and rails creak IAIS 512 & 718 slowly make their way out of the south end of the EJ&E Yard with EJ&E 100 ton covered coil cars and 50' gons along the spur that will take them... (more)

The Mark Twain Zephyr is on the move again, but not on it's own power, after many years of being stored at the Joliet arsenal it was moved to the Relco Yard in Minooka, IL. Now Relco is moving to ... (more)

The greatest effort required from a locomotive is when starting from a stop. If too much power is applied the turning force to the wheel will greatly exceed the opposing friction of the surface of... (more)

A Kasgro 122 Ton - 25’ Depressed Deck Flat Car sits at the CN yard, with a transformer. Kasgro is the builder of “World’s Largest Railroad Car” Their web site states; "From our twelve-axle... (more)

The ATSF 999784 Caboose crosses the diamond as it passes UD Tower at Union Station, if you look close at the lower window, you can see the paper work is being completed.

The 118-year-old New Lenox, IL Metra RI Depot is on the move crossing over I-80 going to its final resting place, the Walt Konow farm in Homer Glen, IL. It will never see another train it will be ... (more)

On the east side of Joliet around the turn of the century, and in the heyday of railroads, there were four rail yards within one mile of each other. The Elgin Joliet & Eastern, The Michigan Centr... (more)

An exploded tank car or did it just fall apart like in a cartoon? Actually this site is owned by US Railcar Inc. they slice & dice old rail cars, apparently the work day came to an end and this i... (more)

The High speed rail work is moving along as the TRT-909 and the rail train along with scores of other equipment make their way through Wilmington and Braidwood, this crew is far ahead preparing th... (more)

"Nordhouse Dunes is part of the Ludington Dune Ecosystem, The Nordhouse Dunes are interspersed with woody vegetation such as juniper, jack pine and hemlock", and a caboose. Thanks to Fritz Milh... (more)

I don't condone graffiti or take pictures of it, but when I saw this going through the yard, it amazed me. How long did it take and how do you get that high up, not to mention the amount of paint... (more)

The blue sky reflects off the well worn diamonds at Union Station where over 100 trains a day cross paths.

History will not stand in the way for another CVS drug store The Metra station in New Lenox, built around 1900, will be moved to Walt Konow’s Homer Township farm