The Iowa Interstate's Gevo's make their maiden run to Blue Island on an ethanol train bound for the CSXT. The train is operating with a DPU, 510 in the lead, and 502 trailing on the rear. Who knew... (more)

A matched set of SD40-2's thunder up grade out of Adeline with the Byron, IL nuke cooling towers steaming in the background.

The Central Illinois Ry begins their day as they depart their home base and prepare to pick up a load of bricks from Colonial.

A combined CP 185/199 detour train reaches Savanna as the crew expires on this beautiful summer day.

A combined CP 185/199 detour train throttles out of Davis Jct as the sun pops out after a severe thunderstorm.

Little NIRC 1 begins its evening task of bringing Metra Electirc Highliners over to their Blue Island facilities for maintenance and wheel turning. Here, the vintage SW1 is pulling four highliners... (more)

Try 6 of the season brings me to Burr Oaks yet again... as IAIS 702 awaits the clearance of a Metra track gang. Again, the train would not quite make it out before sunset, or at least not early en... (more)

Spring cleaning at NRE brings an end to a lot of old geeps and switchers, examples include MKT GP7's 100 and 101, and Inland Steel 91.

The daily Blue Island to Council Bluffs manifest is under way at Robbins, passing under vintage Rock Island searchlights reflecting back to the logo so proudly displayed on the nose.

An IHB transfer heads west passing the old Hohman Ave. tower with a mix of pool power from CN and NS.

Waiting for Metra clearance as always, the daily Council Bluffs manifest is ready to roar with a matched set of 4 GP38-2's. In my 5 attempts to catch this train in daylight this summer... I have s... (more)

A BNSF stack train accelerates out of Aurora with a filthy former ATSF SD40-2 leading the way into the setting sun.

A late Long West pulls under the old North Shore for head room before backing around the wye and dropping cars for the CP at Rondout. Its nice to see a daylight J train up north here, all be it wi... (more)

This morning's detour move is an IC&E extra, MMCCCX, running with four matching blue and yellows, this is the picture perfect image and probably one of my all time favorite roll-bys. Run 8, no dit... (more)

A candy apple SD60 leads a unit ADM train east down the old Milwaukee main.