After a half mile walk along a field from my car, stepping in several hidden holes and tripping over a large branch in some tall grass, I finally arrived at this quaint little spot in the middle o... (more)

As a hot summer sun rises in the clear, July sky, a 130-car eastbound North Antelope Mine, WY to Oak Creek, WI loaded coal train (UP CNAOK 17) hustles through the town of Cortland and past the Chi... (more)

On a flawless November afternoon, a westbound empty crude oil train quickly hustles through the small town of Nelson on the Geneva Subdivision with an all EMD lash-up leading the way, which includ... (more)

Doused in autumn's beautiful, golden evening light, Chicago (Corwith), IL to Stockton, CA doublestacks split the eastbound control signals at Monica as they quickly race west toward the setting su... (more)

Beginning its 1.1% assault up Edelstein Hill, a westbound intermodal Q-train off the CSXT in Chicago leans into Houlihan's Curve on the outskirts of Chillicothe with an attractive lash-up in charg... (more)

The late-spring sun baths the Illinois landscape as westbound Chicago (Corwith), IL to Stockton, CA doublestack train Q-CHISTO6 12L begins its climb up Edelstein Hill as it works its way around Ho... (more)

Some morning cloud cover begins to build in the sky as eastbound loaded coal drag UP CNAOK 16 snakes on into Rochelle as it ducks beneath a pair of still standing C&NW style searchlight signals th... (more)

Westbound empty ethanol train UP UEXCT1 09 off the CSXT in Chicago slowly strolls beneath the large C&NW style signal bridge at NQ (East Nelson), milepost 103 on Union Pacific's busy Geneva Subdiv... (more)

On a crisp, clear autumn afternoon, the southbound Powerton loads (UP CNAPW 28) eases past the large Akron Services Inc grain elevator south of Edelstein on the single tracked ex-C&NW Peoria Subdi... (more)

The hot summer sun beats down on the small town of Edelstein as a westbound baretable re-position move from Corwith Yard in Chicago hustles beneath the Santa Fe style searchlight signals that stil... (more)

A pair of four-axle BNSF locomotives roll in-between the engine pit tracks (Left) and the inbound receiving/runner tracks (Right) as they head south to pick up Chicago bound mixed freight M-GALCHI... (more)

Autumn is slowly starting to take affect as southbound loaded coal drag UP CNAPW 21 works the small hills south of Akron, Illinois as it heads down Union Pacific's single-tracked Peoria Subdivisio... (more)

With the sun having just crested the horizon and a bit of early dawn fog still left in the air, Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard sits quietly under the St. Louis, MO skyline with some rather intere... (more)

Running right on schedule, Amtrak's number 5 train, aka the westbound "California Zephyr," splits the signals at Buda, IL on BNSF's Mendota Subdivision as it heads toward Galesburg where its next ... (more)

Running a little under 50 minutes behind schedule, Amtrak's number 3 train, aka the westbound "Southwest Chief," does every bit of track speed as it races through the small community of Neponset, ... (more)