Big MAC Going Solo. KCS 3910 is all by itself on a 126 car CPKC 247 this afternoon, as it slowly makes its way west out of Milwaukee. You really can't beat the Southern Belle paint scheme a... (more)

NCS train 109 clangs across the diamond with the Fox Lake Subdivision, fresh out of the station stop at "Prairie Crossing." The MILW heritage unit looks great on the point.

Shortly after departing the stop at Prairie Crossing/Libertyville, train 2131 hits the diamond at Grayslake as it makes way for Fox Lake with a former GO Transit F59PH leading.

With an F59PH leading, NCS train 107 slams the diamond at Grayslake as it continues its trip to Antioch.

Newest Member Of The Fleet At The Diamond. SD70MACH 523, recently put into service, has just completed its station stop at Prairie Crossing and is about to pound the diamond with the Fox La... (more)

The golden hour is upon us as North Central Service train #115 is seen skirting Cedar Lake with the RTA heritage unit leading. The train just departed its Lake Villa stop.

U.S. Steel's Granite City Works was indefinitely idled in late 2023, forcing the lay offs of nearly 300 employees. During my recent trip to the area, there were multiple movements being made into ... (more)

On the elevated portion of the TRRA's Merchants District, train 201 is seen passing under the Martin Luther King bridge at LaClede's Landing, along downtown St. Louis' riverfront. Led by the Termi... (more)

GRW 317 and 303 make up a Gary Railway slug set as they bring 5 cars out of Blast Furnace #4.

The J, Right At Home. A pair of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern SD38-2's are tied down and crewless at Buffington Harbor, awaiting an L512 crew to take the train to the Illinois International Port... (more)

A trio of TRRA Geeps smoke it up as they depart their Madison Yard with a heavy train.

L501's crew is shoving their delivery into EMCO Chemical Packaging. A really nice leader, in the form of an Illinois Central Deathstar GP40R, is in charge today.

MACH 2. The SD70MACH doubleheader continues on train 2139 as it closes in on the flag stop at Ingleside Station.

A father and son try their luck along the Fox River as the Veteran's unit sails across with UP NW train 643 for McHenry.

Double The MACH, Double The Fun. Milwaukee North train 2139 highballs along Emerald Shores Lake in Ingleside, Illinois with a pair of SD70MACH's for power.