Putting on one heck of a show out of Bensenville Yard, CP 2816 prepares to obliterate Tower B17 on its way to Nahant Yard in Davenport, IA.

After turning its train at Tower A-5, CPR #2816 heads west through Franklin Park, IL before laying over in Bensenville Yard for the night.

CN A407 in Champaign led by an Illinois Central SD70 on home rails

A pair of UP SD40N locomotives leads a transfer onto the Harbor from the CPKC back to Proviso.

An eclectic power lashup leads a loaded coal bucket west across the Illinois River.

CP 2816 approaches Tower B17 on the final stretch to Bensenville Yard just outside of Chicago on the CPKC Final Spike Steam Tour. Too bad the KCS is hardly represented on this train other than a f... (more)

Four IC SD70's rolls past on their way to being tied down for the day at Joliet Yard.

The Chicago and North Western heritage unit leads an outbound train through Elmhurst on a beautiful evening in the western suburbs.

IC Style On The CONO. The "Blue Ridge Club" (800224) was holding the markers on the Amtrak "City Of New Orleans" (Train 59) on the rainy and misty night of May 5, 2022 a... (more)

One of Metra’s “new” SD70MAC passenger rebuilds taking charge of this pre-rush outbound.

For the second time in the past month, Amtraks New Orleans to Chicago train has experienced locomotive issues, causing CN to send a rescue pilot to drag the set to Chicago. Todays rescue sports a ... (more)

In the final hours of sunlight, CNs Kirk to Glenn yard transfer rumbles along the lakefront with a pair of Illinois Central SD70s for power.

Four IC SD70's calls it quit after bringing in the L595 to Joliet Yard.

A four pack of IC SD70's shoves back into Joliet Yard to put their train away before tying up the power for the day.

KCS 4845 leads a potash train through Franklin Park.