The 118-year-old New Lenox, IL Metra RI Depot is on the move crossing over I-80 going to its final resting place, the Walt Konow farm in Homer Glen, IL. It will never see another train it will be ... (more)

History will not stand in the way for another CVS drug store The Metra station in New Lenox, built around 1900, will be moved to Walt Konow’s Homer Township farm

Another shade of orange that CN owns

"Nordhouse Dunes is part of the Ludington Dune Ecosystem, The Nordhouse Dunes are interspersed with woody vegetation such as juniper, jack pine and hemlock", and a caboose. Thanks to Fritz Milh... (more)

EJ&E 674 starting the day on the south end of the yard

IC 2460 and a Citirail 1307 back down the yard to tie down

CSX 1542 comes into the yard on a fogy afternoon

Two former C&O now CSXT locomotives sit tied down for the weekend, the 1500 and the 1518, these 4-axle turbocharged GP15Ts were built between 1982 and 1983 with Dynamic braking, The Chessie System... (more)

The 665 idles on the south end of the yard on a very cold sunny morning

Icicles hang off the number board of the 665 as the temperature got down to the single digits this morning

CN 5690 sits tied down while EJ&E 665 is good for 6. The sign on the right reads Begin Leighton Sub End Matteson Sub MP 0

EJ&E 665 heads down North 17 on the south end of the Joliet Yard with a cut of cars, on this bright and sunny day. You wouldn't know from the photo that the day started off with 4 below zero tempe... (more)

On the east side of Joliet around the turn of the century, and in the heyday of railroads, there were four rail yards within one mile of each other. The Elgin Joliet & Eastern, The Michigan Centr... (more)

GTW 5941 (ex-KCS)comes out of North 18 with another set of cars. On the side, next to the GTW it says it's owned by Alstom. Early photos show it use to have CN painted on the side, you can see w... (more)

CN 5511 and 5557 both SD 60Fs with the four-piece windshields are paired up working the south yard