The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America held its annual "Walk Amongst Giants" fundraiser on June 29, 2024. The fundraiser allows visitors to go inside the former Rock Island steam sh... (more)

Lot of activity going on in this one! A Metra commuter train sits outside the Aurora Transportation Center and Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL, waiting for its call to duty. Up above is BNSF... (more)

Earlier this week, Metra debuted F40PH #120 in a brand new paint scheme saluting veterans across the United States Armed Forces. Here, the handsome loco is seen arriving at the Joliet Transportati... (more)

For the first time ever, the Illinois Railway Museum's resident GG1 poses next to Spaulding Tower as museum volunteers re-enact hooping up orders during the museum's "Shay it Forward" ev... (more)

The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America held its annual "Walk Amongst Giants" fundraiser on June 29, 2024. The fundraiser allows visitors to go inside the former Rock Island steam sh... (more)

This summer, I had the privilege to witness UP 4014, Union Pacific's restored "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, ply the rails of the UP mainline once again, this time leading the "... (more)

N&W 475, a 4-8-0 "Mastodon" type steam locomotive, leads a Strasburg Railroad train past the Red Caboose Motel and Casey Jones Restaurant on its way back to the Strasburg station after t... (more)

On May 2-11, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacif... (more)

A brand new Via Rail Siemens trainset is towed by Union Pacific through Nelson, IL, on its way from the Siemens manufacturing plant in Sacramento, CA to interchange with CN at Homewood, IL for the... (more)

In this photo, Amtrak's Southwest Chief arrives in Mendota, IL to complete its scheduled stop with two P42DCs in charge, while older generations of motive power in the form of CB&Q 4978 (2-8-2 ste... (more)

BNSF 5245 (C44-9W) leads a westbound freight along the BNSF Racetrack and across I-294, as seen from the air from Hinsdale, IL while the rest of the train is coming from Western Springs.

A pair of Wisconsin & Southern's red and silver SD60M locomotives - 6022 and 6023 - team up to lead train T001 across the little bridge over the Manitou Creek in Long Lake, IL.

Metra's "State of Illinois" commemorative unit accelerates from a stop at the downtown Glenview, IL station with an outbound Metra train.

Due to a number of mechanical issues sidelining some of the SC44 Charger units, Amtrak 164, the Phase IV heritage unit, was called in to assist on the Hiawatha turns. Here it is seen (looking rela... (more)

The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America held its annual "Walk Amongst Giants" fundraiser on June 29, 2024. The fundraiser allows visitors to go inside the former Rock Island steam sh... (more)