Sitting on the old Rock Island main line at Joliet Union Station is a Metra bi-level commuter train that is about to depart for Chicago on February 22, 1989. The station, built in 1912, once serve... (more)

Built in November 2006, Union Pacific RailPower RP20BD (also labeled a RP20GE by UP) No. UPY 2613 sits at the locomotive facility at railroad’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal at Joliet, Illinois on ... (more)

Union Pacific RailPower RP20BD (UP labels it a RP20GE) No. UPY 2613 sits at the locomotive facility at UP’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal at Joliet, Illinois on November 10, 2010. Flanking it are N... (more)

A service track equipped with a drop pit is well lit at night at the locomotive facility of Union Pacific’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal. On this date of November 8, 2010, the intermodal yard, als... (more)

Pounding the old GM&O and ATSF main’s on the former Rock Island, IAIS BICB heads west past the historic UD Interlocking Tower at Joliet Union Station. IAIS 513, Iowa Interstate’s Rock Island h... (more)

BNSF 1755 leads Y JOL202 West at Joliet. It was quite nice to see a good looking blue bonnet in 2023.

In 2020, newly appointed Watco outfit Elwood, Joliet & Southern (EJ&S) assumed operations of "The Phoenix Line" from Canadian National. One of the various industries served is BL Duke Sc... (more)

Smoking it up in run 8, Y-JOL202 thunders west out of Joliet clearing yard limits and the UD diamonds as they head past Patterson Road with the infamous BNSF 1755 leading.

On a gorgeous and warm spring evening, the weather is very great as Y-JOL202 gets up to trackspeed screaming west over Hickory Creek In Joliet after clearing the 25mph zone over the diamonds at UD... (more)

Q198 heads south across Bridge 198 with a GTW heritage unit leading the way, solo.

On a beautiful evening, Y JOL202 thunders across Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side. A veteran SD40-2, still wearing Santa Fe Bluebonnet paint, leads the way.

Rock Island 649 and two other E8s lead a couple road switchers on a head of an eastbound freight approach the Santa Fe/ICG diamonds in Joliet, IL on the way to their Chicago Blue Island yard. Like... (more)

Former Santa Fe SD40-2 1755 leads 202 West out of Joliet.

A UP SD60 and a UP SD40N shove a cut of stack cars into Global 4. The leader, #2182, has been assigned to Global 4 for over three years now and is primarily used at the south end, as seen here.

With a veteran Bluebonnet SD40-2 leading the way, Y JOL202 hustles west through CP Plaines at track speed. #1755 has managed to elude the paint shop despite being underway in 2023, quite a feat if... (more)