High green to highball. CP 5028 flies west with CP 281 in tow as the setting fall sun makes a lovely pallet of colors in the sky.

BNSF 2720 heads east with BNSF 2846 in tow towards Eola Yard in Aurora, IL. On the westbound trip the bluebonnet will take the lead.

UP 8162 leads a westbound Z train through the Rochelle Railroad Park in Rochelle, IL.

CN L508 has just finished its work at Quad Graphics in Lomira, WI and is requesting a track warrant to head north back to Fond Du Lac, WI. In charge of the train tonight are a beautiful set of GTW... (more)

CN 5281 heads south out of Grafton, WI with L507 in tow.

A fairly rare thing, UP’s Shoreline Sub local has died in Belgium, WI. The local usually heads north around 10:30-11:00pm, but this morning they decided to head north at 6:30am and the crew coul... (more)

A long line of engines await their fate at NRE in Silvis, IL. Included are NREX 2707 which started out life as UP 3014 in March of 1966 before being sold off to Southern Pacific, only to come back... (more)

CP 2296 brings the 2016 Franklin Park Railroad Days display set to a stop right next to the fully restored Milwaukee Road B-12 tower in Franklin Park, IL. Included in the set are CN 102 (E9A), UP ... (more)

With storms rolling in and a bit of rainbow in the background, UP 737 breaks down an intermodal train that just rolled into Union Pacific’s Global 3 intermodal facility in Rochelle, IL.

UP 6842 heads west for more coal.

Bult in December of 1986 for the Oakway leasing company. CN 5475 now wears the red and black. Seen here waiting for its next assignment in Freeport, IL as the local to Rockford and back.

KCS 4822 leads a colorful consist that includes CEFX 1034 and a CSX ES44DC.

Old passes new as C&NW 6847 passes UP 1995 at the Illinois Railway Museum.

After being woken up by a friend telling me we needed to go, I hear the sound of cars running past his house. They are grabbing their cameras and throwing their shoes on and my eyes are barely ope... (more)

Not the exact power I was hoping for but none the less. I still got a shot I've wanted for a while. This was my first time getting to shoot the ATSF Cantalievers in Verona, IL. Hope to get a warbo... (more)