Everybody look right! A couple of very tame ducks hang around the Amtrak employees feeding them. They were nice enough to pose for a few photos.

"Public Enemies" film crews get things set up shortly after the 261 entered the station. They covered up the advertisements and painted the yellow safety-step black. Ex-Montreal commuter cars were... (more)

A passenger goes to board his Hiawatha train in the 50's, or a film crew member takes a stroll to complete his task? 261 waits for its closeup before filming of "Public Enemies" under the shed at ... (more)

Eleven SD40-2s are dead-in-tow on this light engine move from Minneapolis (Northtown) to the Belt Railway of Chicago. 60 BNSF SD40-2s have been sent from North Dakota, Minneapolis, and Topeka to t... (more)

"Look both ways before crossing the street!" Instead of honking for these neighborhood streets near downtown Aurora, one of the crew of the local gets out on the front porch and checks for traffic... (more)

An eastbound coal train literally crawls along at about 5MPH, trying not to stop as it waits for clearance onto the Chicago Sub at Aurora.

Westbound empty with a swooshed SD70MAC and two brand spankin' new SD70ACes pass rural suburbia - 40 miles west of Chicago. I saw lots of kids outside playing in the backyard on this beautiful spr... (more)

An eastbound Z train rounds the curve off the High Line through downtown Aurora, just as an eastbound Metra train departs the Aurora Transportation Center through Hill Yard, both headed for Chicag... (more)

M-BRCGAL's power heads west through downtown Aurora, squeezing between buildings built right alongside the viaduct.

A colorful train of Case combines and John Deere tractors pass the Malta grain elevator eastbound.

And the race is on! I arrived at Gilbert Park just in time to catch these two eastbounds neck-and-neck. The SD40-2 pair had just passed the Dash 9s by the time they reached me.

A classy SD40-2 lashup brings a short TOFC train eastbound on Main 1 on a beautiful Wednesday morning.

The Illinois Zephyr heads went into Easter's setting sun.

The recently renumbered Great Pumpkin and a Swooshed SD40-2 round the curve into Steward, light power after dropping their tank train at Rochelle. That orange band has gotten quite a bit wider sin... (more)

GE tests out its new steam locomotive on the BNSF. So far, the tests are looking positive....In reality, a westbound Z train waits outside Rochelle for UP to stop monopolizing the diamonds, while ... (more)