Towards the latter half of the BNSFs line Metra rush, one of the few blue F40s that BNSF utilizes hauls through Highlands with its first station stop being Downers Grove. Word on the street, is th... (more)

A westbound Canadian National trackage rights train on Burlington Northern, now the newly formed Burlington Northern Santa Fe, rolls out of Chicago at Highlands, Illinois, and is greeted by good f... (more)

Burlington Northern local freight 11451 rolls smartly through Highlands, Illinois, powered by a pair of leased former Reserve Mining EMD SD38-2s on a sunny March 15, 1992.

Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9903 pulls a four-car commuter train into the station stop of Highlands, Illinois, on February 9, 1991. Highlands ended up being a great place to observe BN action w... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern intermodal train flies through Highlands, Illinois, on April 18, 1987. Leading the train is EMD GP50 Nos. 3107 and 3118, followed by a fuel tender, a GE B30-7A “B... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern/Metra commuter train, led by BN E9 No. 9906, is panned past the park at the station at Highlands, Illinois, on June 18, 1989.

On Burlington Northern’s triple-track main line from Chicago to Aurora, another commuter train, or “dinky” as they are called locally, heads west on Track 1 at Highlands, Illinois, on August... (more)

BN 9977 stops at the Highlands, IL station with a commuter train in June of 1972. Robert Bullermann Kodachrome from my collection.

While getting a hearty wave from the engineer, three Burlington Northern GP50s spliced by a fuel tender speed a westbound SeaLand double stack train through Highlands, Illinois, on August 2, 1986.... (more)

A "Taste of Chicago" extra races past Highlands on a warm and humid afternoon. On this day the Racetrack was busy, having seen 5 BNSF movements west and a few extra Metra movements inbound.

Fleeting

Following closely behind a mixed freight, a "Z" train with a freshly painted SD70MAC rolls through Western Springs into Highlands on a warm and humid afternoon. In a span ... (more)

Amtrak train 5, the California Zephyr makes good time on the center track heading west on BNSF through Highlands, IL. The GE P40 makes quite a different impression than the trailing EMD F40PH.

A westbound stack train rolls through Highlands station.

BN 3502 leads a westbound on the center track past the Highlands station.