The eastbound Iowa road freight creeps through Rockdale during Chicago's first 2011-2012 snowfall.

A westbound South Shore road freight passes the empty Beverly Shores depot just after 11pm.

An unpatched SP GP60 and patched SSW GP60 take the Proviso - Bensenville transfer past Edgington in Franklin Park.

The Spaulding local heads back to Bensenville with foreign power tonight. I simply used three Canon 580EX ii speedlight for this one..

A westbound manifest passes the empty Metra depot at Geneva.

As the snow begins to fall, CNW 8701 creeps west past the Geneva metra depot. It took this train two hours to get from Proviso to here!

Using a pair of Canon 580EX ii speedlights, this was my first outing and second attempt at this kind of photography. These 2200 series cars are currently being retired as the new 5000's arrive on ... (more)

A westbound autorack train splits the silence alongside the cemetery in Miller City, Ohio. The US&S bracket signal, a sentinel marking this as a former Nickel Plate Road territory, is headed to th... (more)

With a trio of SD60I's up front a loaded PPLX coal drag rolls down the street running well after Sunset. Thanks to Brad Morocco for his flash set up that allowed for this photo

One of Amtrak's 40th Anniversary locomotives hustles through the night on the point of the eastbound Capitol Limited. The train is running wrong-main, dodging slower freights in an attempt to make... (more)

Season's Greetings! Marquette Rail's 2010 Santa Train gets a friendly wave from a snowman as it approaches the tiny village of Fountain in northwest Michigan. This train makes multip... (more)

A freshly outshopped stimulus-rebuild P40 leads the Hoosier State past a set of Monon semaphores in downtown Crawfordsville, Indiana. The semaphores are slated to come down by the end of summer.

Wisconsin & Southern's Janesville-to-Chicago freight meets the business train at Spring Grove, IL. Photo taken with permission.

The two remaining Chicago & North Western locomotives lead a transfer past JB tower in West Chicago. Equal credit for the photo goes to Ryan Parent, who provided the flash equipment. This was our ... (more)