Reflections of the past. Just before 2:00 AM, Y HOD303 waits patiently for the signal at Harbor. Led by an SD60M in Burlington Northern colors, the train will head for BRC Clearing Yard once out o... (more)

It's a beautiful evening in Wisconsin Dells as a quad of Canadian Pacific SD40-2's thunder west through town. The streets of the Dells are usually packed around this time, but COVID-19 has taken i... (more)

On a beautiful evening in Lemont, M CHIGAL rolls west across the Des Plaines River. Enroute to Galesburg, Santa Fe SD40-2 #1614 leads the way. 1614 has been assigned to the Chicago area for years ... (more)

It doesn't get much better than this on the old Santa Fe Transcon in Joliet! A pair of Bluebonnets, SD40-2 1614 and GP50 3167, lead Y JOL202 west past Joliet Union Station and UD Tower, two histor... (more)

It's business as usual at the steel mills of Burns Harbor as the 728 foot Joseph L. Block makes its arrival.

A pair of Norfolk Southern GP60's lead a westbound freight through Hick Tower, crossing the old NYC drawbridge.

After picking up the conductor near Escalante Junction, ESWR 603, 601 and 602 are in run 8 getting back up to track speed. They're in charge of 48 empties bound for the Peabody mine.

USSX #1248, a vintage SW8, shoves on a cut of steel cars at US Steel's Granite City Works. #1188 has been sitting in that same spot, tied onto that same crane for at least a few years now. One has... (more)

United States Steel's Granite City Works is home to a number of vintage switch locomotives. Here at the massive facility, we see SW1200 #1244 shoving in with a bottle car. SW1200 #1191 can also be... (more)

After dropping off cars at the Pig Farm and the storage tracks on the branch line, the Apache heads for home with a classic C420 leading the way.

With their second train of the day, ESWR 602, 601 and 603 roll through Ambrosia Lake with 24 loads of coal for the plant in Prewitt. A cloud threatened to spoil the party, but thankfully it held o... (more)

On a sunny afternoon, the Escalante Junction arrives at the Western Fuels' Association Generating Station with 24 loads of coal. The second unit suffered a failure at the Peabody Mine and the crew... (more)

Not long after departing the Western Fuels' Generating Station in Prewitt, the Escalante Western's trio of SD40-3's exit their own mainline and enter BNSF Lee Ranch Sub trackage at Escalante Junct... (more)

With a hefty train from the BNSF in Holbrook, a trio of Apache Railway products thunder south.

On a gorgeous morning in Snowflake, the Apache Railway prepares its outbound train for the BNSF in Holbrook. Can't go wrong with Alcos!