Burlington Northern train 144 crosses one of the truss bridges over the Sinsinawa River west of Portage, Illinois, on the morning of June 5, 1993. This location is on the BN main line along the Mi... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe freight crosses a bridge over Crow Creek at Wilbern, Illinois, at 10:45 a.m. on the morning of April 19, 1986. On the point is EMD SD45 No. 5320, with a former Amtrak SDP40F ... (more)

Two Toledo, Peoria and Western trains pass over each other at the Farmdale trestle near East Peoria, Illinois. Above is the the Effner Local with GP38-2s Nos. 2002 and 2008, curving over the Morto... (more)

TPW GP40 1000 leads an eastbound freight over Santa Fe's Mississippi River bridge from Fort Madison, IA into Niota, IL and will regain TPW rails at Lomax, several miles east. This bridge is uniqu... (more)

I'm pretty sure everyone that was out for the steam engine got the train here.

BNSF 799 leads a grain train out of the siding at Hillsdale.

KB&S 704 trails at the rear of a grain train crossing the Kankakee River.

NS 9960 holds over the Dan Ryan with a eastbound stack train.

Cars 2339-40, 2327-28 & 2345-46 head south above Wabash Ave as the sun peaks through the buildings downtown.

Led by a fauxbonnet, westbound racks charge across the Spoon River bridge and into the village of Dahinda, IL. The large truss bridge is one of the more impressive and rarely seen structures along... (more)

Chicago Terminal heads over the Chicago River on their old swing bridge. Operating this bridge is quite the operation. The Conductor has to get off the 900 around CY Tower, walk up Elston street, ... (more)

Westbound at LaSalle & Lake Street.

Norfolk Southern's OCS train crosses over Lake Decatur on the famous concrete arch bridge east of the lake's namesake town.

A trio of blue 'n yellow SD40-2s take a 632 ethanol over the Fox River bridge in Elgin.

The Nebraska Zephyr, a former CB&Q passenger train now owned by the Illinois Railway Museum got a chance to stretch her legs - topping 79 mph, if not more, during a rare excursion from Chicago to ... (more)