The CN usually keeps their executive train parts indoors at the Woodcrest Shops at Homewood. I took a tour back in 2012 and the 103 was parked out back with the cars. I am unsure the fate of the 1... (more)

The late 90's for the BNSF seen them extremely power short. With the merger the power ended up scattered all over hell. A person didn't know what to expect with the passage of the next train. Here... (more)

Classic Santa Fe in the 90s. Pretty red and silver units pulling intermodal around a nice curve. The curve west of Chillicothe has always been a fan favorite for many years. Recent times, the curv... (more)

An Alliance, TX, to Willow Spring, IL, Z-train (kind of) drops downgrade into Dahinda and over the Spoon River on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub. The train is roughly 165 miles from Chicago.

A land barge California bound stacker crosses over at Stronghurst at 40mph. The train is working west on the Chillicothe Sub. With 4 units here, 4 units in middle, and thousands of feet of intermo... (more)

In the 90s, Amtrak actually serviced a purpose. They ran trains and hauled some mail. Here, the Southwest Chief roars east at Stronghurst on the Chili Sub with a decent size train. Scanned Slide f... (more)

Back in 2006, a pair of 40's rumble out of Davis Jct. on the IC&E with the Chicago Clearing to Huron manifest train. Here the train passes under highway 72 on the westside of town.

A McCook to Los Angeles auto train has just passed an eastbound intermodal train near Dahinda on the Chilli Sub. Pair of blue and yellow charge west towards next crew change at Fort Madison, IA, i... (more)

I shot a lot of SP trains around Galesburg in the mid-90s. One thing I didn't get leading were these Colt Belt Dash 8s. Here, a pair of them lead a westbound SP train over the ATSF Chili Sub towar... (more)

After arriving Madison Yard with the 101 transfer from Luther Yard in St. Louis, TRRA 2006, 2010, 4002 and 4001 take headroom at the south end of the yard.

A pair of TRRA SD40-2's slowly shove back to the Madison Yard hump as they pass a gaggle of EMD's parked on the RIP track.

Some people enjoy the day and ice on the back waters of the Rock River near Sterling. An eastbound coal train bound for Weston, WI, for Wisconsin Public Service, has a good roll on them as they sk... (more)

A monster North Platte to Proviso freight finally has their turn as they march off the remaining miles to their destination. The train crosses the Fox River in Geneva. This interesting structure w... (more)

Westbound NS coal train heads for Proviso for interchange as they pass the old C&NW M19A diesel shop near Kenzie A bunch of employees just got off the Metra train #37 ahead of this coal train. Th... (more)

Westbound NS coal train heads for Proviso for interchange as they pass the old C&NW M19A diesel shop near Kenzie A bunch of employees just got off the Metra train #37 ahead of this coal train. Th... (more)