Union Pacifc's Chicago & North Western heritage unit #1995 leads train IG4G3 west through the Metra depot at La Fox and on into the farmlands of northern Illinois. At Global 3, the train will make... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit #8098 heads west into the late evening sun along BNSF Chicago's Subdivision leading an another oil can empty back to North Dakota while the rear end of the... (more)

CSDX SW1 #3, built in July 1952, has been polishing the rails for nearly 64 years at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. This was shot off the Harlem Ave overpass in Ly... (more)

IHB transfer job from the Lakefront Yard to Michigan Ave shoves north at Cal Tower where EJ&E's Whiting Line (in the foreground) crosses the IHB along with the old B&O.

Running as BH18 on the IHB, the L46 Bakery Local heads east through CP Gibson. Once at Ivanhoe the train will use CSX's Porter Branch to service Indiana Sugars in Gary. Here at Gibson, IHB's acti... (more)

The classy set of Norfolk Southern A-B-B-A F units head east over the Nickel Plate shortly after departing Calumet Yard in Chicago. The F9A's were originally Baltimore & Ohio while the F7B's were ... (more)

An eastbound South Shore rail train heads out of downtown Gary along Rte 20. This is on the stretch of single track between Gary Metro and the west end of Wilson, just a mile east of Miller.

Eastbound South Shore rail train heads into Gary running along the Indiana Toll Road.

Former Wisconsin & Calumet A-B-A F7's soak up the late evening sun at the Escanaba & Lake Superior shops in Wells, MI. The EL&S shops are also home to a decent collection of old Baldwin locomotive... (more)

A decent looking warbonnet hold down yard duties at Cicero Yard as an eastbound suburban races by on the main line in the background.

The Santa Fe cantilever and search lights still stand strong at Verona, IL as an A-B-A consist that goes right back to the Santa Fe days heads west across the Chillicothe Sub. This is train LCHI10... (more)

BNSF train LCHI102 heads west through Lemont running on main track 2 today with with a nice looking A-B-A Heritage 1 sandwich. LCHI102 is the Chicago (Hodgkins) - Galesburg local that runs over th... (more)

Typical morning at BNSF's Cicero Yard when your walking over the Laramie Ave overpass.

After a weekend of events in the Chicagoland area, NKP 765 begins its trek home as it passes through Elmwood Park, IL on a beautiful Summer evening. The train is heading west for Franklin Park whe... (more)

NKP 765 pushes through the far western neighborhood of Galewood as it enters the City of Chicago for the first time in over 20 years. Saturday, the locomotive attended Franklin Park Railroad Daze ... (more)