Brand new Union Pacific EMD SD60M Nos. 6194 and 6205 are in the final stages of assembly as they are “trucked” with an overhead crane specially for visitors during an open house at the sprawli... (more)
Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C424 Nos. 603 and 604 crosses over to Track 1 on the Indiana Harbor Belt main approaching the Burlington Northern overpass at La Grange, Illinois, on February 7, 1987.
BN 9901 was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudson from CB&Q 9938 for commuter service between Chicago and Aurora, IL. CBQ 9938A was built in December 1949 as an E8A. It was acquired by Illinois Central in 1... (more)
The sun sets as a late Amtrak Southwest Chief hustles east on the last legs of its journey to Chicago, seen here passing the vintage Chicago Burlington & Quincy depot in La Grange. Amtrak P42DC’... (more)
An old girl that has seen better days, The EMDX 91 sits behind Progress Rail in La Grange. This engine started life in 1998 as an SD90MAC-H and has undergone much testing over the years.
Growling through La GrangeA quartet of Burlington Northern EMD GP50s in tiger-stripe paint, spliced by a fuel tender, wheel a westbound intermodal train out of Chicago at La Grange, Ill... (more)
Awaiting assignment, EMDX 7214, 7215 and the 1605 sit out back at the former EMD plant near La Grange, IL.
Heading southbound on the Indiana Harbor Belt main line, a Belt Railway of Chicago freight is about duck under the Burlington Northern three-track main line at La Grange, Illinois, late in the day... (more)
Some really cool power sits quietly in the backlot of EMD's plant in La Grange, IL. At the front is CP 6061, an SD40-2 that was built in 1984. Next up is EMDX 92, which is dubbed as an SD89MAC, bu... (more)
A late-Fall blizzard has hit the Chicagoland area on Veterans Day 2019. And on this day, Chicago Metra train 1264 makes a stop at the Stone Avenue Station in La Grange, on BNSF’s triple-track C... (more)
Led by a pair of IHB GP40-2's, NA11 heads west through La Grange with a hefty train in tow. Originating at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale, this train terminates at the CP in Bensenville, usually wi... (more)
Milwaukee Road GP9 276 is on the IHB and about to pass under the BN racetrack.
Well after sunset an eastbound intermodal passes the Amtrak/Metra station at La Grange Road
Amtrak Illinois Zephyr from Chicago to Quincy loads passengers at La Grange Road station.
CNW 8701 and CNW 8646 rolls by going north on the Harbor as they continue their trip to Proviso Yard.