Head to head with UP 1982 as it sits on display for Rochelle Railroad Days. This unit sure does look sharp after getting a fresh coat of a paint in Mt. Vernon, IL a few months before this.

BNSF 5447 and 7890 shove on the rear of a westbound stack train over the soon to be old Media Trestle at Media , IL. When this shot was taken in early February, preparation had already begun for t... (more)

CN 5433 gives all she as she takes a SB train up Byron Hill just outside of Byron, WI. Very cool spot as we could here the train coming for about 5 minutes.

After getting a heads up about this train, me and a few friends set up just north of Genoa, IL. CN 2036 is in charge of G889, a WB grain train with BCOL 4653 also in the train.

Is this 2017? 2 CN GP9RMs are on the L508 local from Fond Du Lac, WI to the Quad Graphics in Lomira, WI. Seen here switching out cars before returning to Fond Du Lac, WI.

As the sun sets, a railfan gets his shots as UP 8859 heads west with a Z train in tow bound for the coastline.

As the moon rises over the small and quiet town of Cortland, IL, a westbound "Bird" breaks the silence as it does a solid 60 past the still standing C&NW Searchlights.

WAMX 3872 breaks away from its cut of cars just outside of Slinger, WI.

WAMX 3895 leads Soo Line 1003 east towards Slinger, WI. This train was supposed to make it to Janesville, WI tonight to head to Chicago, IL on Friday morning but unfortunately the CN could not giv... (more)

WAMX 4181 still wears BN colors in 2017.

WAMX 4181 rests with a few other SD40-2s after just bringing back T001 from Chicago while a line of locomotives await some fuel.

UP 1996, the SP heritage unit leads quite the colorful consist today on IG2G2 which includes UP 1988, the Katy heritage unit, 2 freshly repainted AC4400CWs, and a BNSF ES44C4.

CN 5303 is in charge of L507 as it pulls a cut of cars off its train for Charter Steel in Saukville, WI. It's a nice change of pace when they switch out the power, and it's even nicer when it's a ... (more)

8,800 horsepower charges past one horse. BNSF 7903 leads a high priority intermodal train towards Chicago, IL.

Running into the sunset, CREX 1204 leads a northbound sand train on the CN Waukesha Sub just outside of Ackerville, WI.