CITX 1560 clears its throat as it leads a southbound train down the IHB in East Chicago, IN.

CN currently has quite the collection of units on lease at this time. Here, we see PRLX 205, CEFX 6020 and CITX 140 leading train 391 west through Sedley, Indiana. Bound for Kirk Yard in Gary, the... (more)

NKP 765 puts on a great show as it heads east with the Joliet Rocket. It was a beautiful morning to shoot some mainline steam along the old Rock Island!

A TRRA SD40-2 pulls hard on a cut of cars at Madison Yard.

After finishing their work at Olin Chemical just north of town, the crew of the L543 heads south past the historic Chicago & Alton station. Always nice to see big GTW blue leading the way.

A good looking lash-up heads east at Santa Fe Junction.

The Kansas City Terminal heads east through downtown KC with a pair of Geeps in charge.

A solo Southern Belle ACe takes a southbound manifest out of KC.

The Gateway Arch and the St. Louis skyline provide the backdrop as a veteran Santa Fe Warbonnet approaches Jefferson Avenue. Busch Stadium can also be seen in the background. As a diehard Cubbies ... (more)

A YN2 CSX SD70MAC closes in on its destination of Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard as it crosses the diamond at A&S Junction. I believe there are two CSX SD70MAC's remaining in YN2 paint.

A faded Santa Fe Warbonnet finds itself on the point of a transfer from TRRA's Madison Yard as it makes its way through downtown Saint Louis on the elevated Terminal trackage.

A former SOO Line SD60 closes in on its destination of CN's Kirk Yard as it makes the loop around Gary/Chicago International Airport.

A westbound empty coal train approaches Orchard Road in Oswego with a pair of "Big MAC's" sandwiching (no pun intended) an SD70ACe.

A trio of South Shore Geeps pass under Illinois Central signals at Kensington as they prepare to make the turn onto their own mainline.

UP 1943 makes its way east down the former CNW in Wheaton. The one of a kind ACe is in charge of a business train from West Chicago to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago. Later in the evenin... (more)