Feel the burn! GRW 304 moves a few hot bottles around the plant at Gary Works.

DC 459, USS 352 and GRW 303 team up to work cuts of loaded coke at Gary Works this afternoon. The prominent #1 Bop Shop stands in the background.

Hello old friend, it's been a while! At 83 years young, the EJ&E 450 is still alive today, but who knows for how much longer? An NW2 built in 1939 as the ATSF 2364, the 450 spends its days ... (more)

GRW 317 and 307, both SW1200's, are hard at work shoving a cut of coke cars into the plant at Gary Works. Coke dust fills the air on this nice morning just off Lake Michigan.

Right at home! GRW 460 and 323, both of former EJ&E heritage, work a cut of steel cars at Gary Works. Kirk Yard is right next door, a location where both units spent plenty of time. SW1500 ... (more)

A little Rail & Sail on Memorial Day! A trio of the finest at Gary Railway shove hard on a loaded pet coke train. Led by Delray Connecting Railroad Company SW1001 #459, USS SW1500 #352 and ... (more)

A Gary Railway slug set, led by former EJ&E SW1200 #321, loads molten steel bottle cars at one of Gary Works' blast furnaces.

Feeling hot hot hot! At a scorching 2,300 degrees, a Gary Railway bottle car is pulled out of the blast furnace at the massive Gary Works steel mill.

Home rail Santa Fe GP60 169 leads BNSF 1740, 1436 and 2042 east through Lemont. The nice lash-up is in charge of a late running M GALCHI bound for GM Yard in Hodgkins.

With a KCS SD70MAC in charge, an eastbound weed sprayer train passes through the small town of Stillman Valley, IL.

Hoffman Transportation's veteran SW8, HTCX #2000, shuffles cars around at their transload facility in Channahon, Illinois. Old Glory waves in the background. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is e... (more)

The BP Whiting Refinery recently had a new contract service take effect and Rail Switching Service (RSSX) was the chosen one. GP15-1 #685, formerly of Missouri Pacific heritage, is seen shuffling ... (more)

I don't think anyone was expecting a lash-up like this out of Galesburg today! KCSM AC4400CW #4555, still in its classic grey ghost scheme, leads a pair of Ferromex locos through Hodgkins, closing... (more)

A vintage SW8 spends its days shuffling cars around the Stepan Company plant in Elwood, Illinois. Labeled as the SCLX 2001, this unit's past is a bit of a mystery, but I'm always open to hearing i... (more)

The south side of Chicago is full of treasures when it comes to trains. On the list of treasures is Maryland Pig Iron of Illinois' veteran Conrail SW8. Still in virtually untouched Conrail big blu... (more)