As an Iowa Interstate transfer occupies Track 9 and a CSX stack train rolls down the Barr Sub, CP 646 splits the middle with a KCSM AC4400CW leading the way at the famous Blue Island Junction. #45... (more)

Union Pacific YPR60B arrives at the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center to perform its switching duties. While it may not look like it yet, changes are indeed coming to the area. The Freedom Center is ... (more)

Just Like Old Times. On a perfect afternoon in Joliet, a pair of EJ&E SD38-2's are in charge of train L521, a local freight from Kirk Yard in Gary, IN. EJ&E power rarely makes it to Joliet ... (more)

Hoffman Treasure. On a rainy and gloomy fall morning, Hoffman Transportation's SW8 prepares to shove three covered hoppers to the neaby Bunge Loders Croklaan plant in Channahon. ExxonMobil ... (more)

Treasures Deep Inside Argo. The industries of Argo consist of some interesting types of motive power. Working Ingredion this morning is a pair of Railserve GP9u's. These units rarely, if ev... (more)

Delivery To Nucor. BRC 151 is in charge of today's South Clearing Industrial job out of Clearing Yard. One of two endcabs remaining on the BRC's roster, it's seen shoving its delivery into ... (more)

Old School IHB Leader. IHB 3801 and 3800 depart BRC's Clearing Yard with the turn from Blue Island Yard in Riverdale. 3801 wears old school IHB paint and the 3800 is painted to honor our ve... (more)

The Belt On The Big 10-4. On a partly sunny October 4th, BRC 300 and slugmate 301 move a short cut of cars through Clearing Yard. Soon enough, they would be shoved over the hump.

Business As Usual For The Coke Express At Blast Furnace #4. Yet another train of loaded coke is shoved into Blast Furnace #4 on a nice, fall morning. A pair of Gary Railway "Top Banana" SW1... (more)

Working The Old USX Yard. A US Steel SW1500, currently assigned to the Gary Works mill, is seen working cars at the old USX Yard on a sunny morning. Trailing is one of the former EJ&E SW's ... (more)

Delivering To What Was Once Home. A pair of former EJ&E SW1200's, now working for the Gary Railway, shove a steel delivery into Kirk Yard as they pass the old EJ&E roundhouse. These two uni... (more)

Tower A5. While no longer manned, Tower A5 is still used for maintenance of way by Metra. On this particular day, the venerable tower witnesses the passage of Amtrak Hiawatha train #338, he... (more)

Gotta Love Sucker Holes. Today's L CHI105 features a trio of ATSF Warbonnets and a BNSF GEVO, the leader of the pack being B40-8W 552. 552 has received some touch ups lately, most notably t... (more)

Right at Home! The Mainline of Mid America this morning featured a northbound M335 (Memphis, TN - Gary, IN) train hustling through the countryside in Tuscola, passing a vintage elevator. Th... (more)

Golden Oldie over the Kankakee. It goes without saying that Warbonnet C44-9W #676 has seen much better days. I'm a sucker for the oldies (especially music), so to me, old and battered paint... (more)