The power for CP transfer job G41 (CP Bensenville to UP Proviso) sits after a manned Canadian Pacific switching job crashed into them. Once crews removed the cars that piled onto the 1885, the dam... (more)

CN 3023, CN’s EJ&E Heritage Unit, was close to derailing after its train picked a switch north of JB Tower in West Chicago.

Older EMD and GE locomotives sit at the east end of NRE’s Silvis facility. The units labeled “Lewis” are sadly destined for scrap.

A pair of CEFX AC44s switch the LS&I dock in Marquette during some heavy fog. A rare “fog bow” just so happened to appear in the perfect spot!

This C40-8M, built for the CN in late 1992, was recently cut up at Chicago Heights Processing in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Canadian National has been sending some of its Dash 8 fleet here to be d... (more)

An EMDX SD70ACe, SD60MAC, and SD90MAC-H sit at the EMD LaGrange plant in McCook, IL. In the background you can see a former SP tunnel motor, a BNSF SD70ACe, and a KCS SD70MAC.

Just after Midnight on May 2nd, 2021, two storage buildings located at Amtrak’s Beech Grove Shops burst into flames. Luckily, firefighters were able to put out the fire without any injuries.

GRW 324, a former EJ&E SW1200, passes a handful of older CN equipment as it shoves a train into Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana.

The morning fog clears to reveal Bessemer & Laker Erie’s shops and roundhouse in Greenville, PA. Most of the buildings are abandoned and are rumored to be demolished in the future.

MARC 91, an E9AM which was originally built as a CB&Q E8A, sits abandoned in an industrial park in Bensenville, Illinois.

An assortment of SD70ACe variants sit outside the EMD LaGrange Plant in McCook, IL.

Canadian National train L515, led by a pair of SD70s, passes Q116 at the south end of CN’s Markham Yard in Homewood, IL. Leading Q116 is CN’s new GTW Heritage Unit.

On May 1st, 1971, Amtrak’s first westbound Empire Builder flies through Duplainville, Wisconsin with a quartet of BN F units. This is the same train featured in Pentrex’s Empire Builders to Mi... (more)

Back in September 2018, Metra hosted an Operation Lifesaver demonstration on their SWS line in Manhattan, IL. A Chevy Trailblazer was put on the tracks to show what would happen to a car if it was... (more)

Here’s what’s left of two storage buildings that caught fire at Amtrak’s Beech Grove shops around midnight on May 2nd, 2021. Luckily no one was injured.