Santa Fe’s 199 train cruises into Lemont, Illinois, crossing the bridge over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal on September 2, 1990. Three new GP60Ms power the hottest train on the Santa Fe.

Chicago Alton Southern Manifest kick up the snow as it rolls by the historic Lemont Depot.

At the top of the grade out of the Illinois River valley, the 199 shooter will soon kick up its heels as it heads west, Santa Fe All The Way.

A stack train waits for clearance.

Our goal was to shoot a few pics of new warbonnets passing the soon to be removed semaphores, but we got this SP train off the GM&O instead. Notice the blades have already been removed from the s... (more)

Warbonnets round Houlihan's curve with the 199 train.

A St. Louis bound Amtrak makes its station stop at Joliet as the Iowa Interstate waits in the distance.