A pair of CP SD40-2s cross Skokie Hwy in Gurnee as they head north with a ballast train.

BNSF 1795, a former BN SD40-2, leads L-CHI105 across the Kankakee River in Lorenzo, IL.

L-CHI105 crosses over the Kankakee River in Lorenzo, IL with a rather colorful consist.

WC 2001, a former Algoma Central GP38-2, sits at Union Pacific’s Proviso Yard with a SD70M. Chicago’s Sears Tower is visible in the background.

BNSF 2905, a former BN GP39E, sits at GM Yard in Hodgkins, IL.

BNSF 1614, a former Santa Fe SD40-2, shoves Y-JOL202 down the 59 Lead in Wilmington, IL as the sun prepares to set.

Y-JOL202 crosses the Rock Island at Joliet Union Station with a former Santa Fe SD40-2 leading the way.

After shoving a southbound mixed freight up Byron Hill, IC 6250 and BLE 901 cross over the Fond du Lac River as they head back north towards Shops.

As the clouds part, CP 6069 passes under the searchlights at Rondout as it leads a ballast train towards Bensenville Yard.

CP 6069, a SD40-2 in Canadian Pacific’s multimark scheme, splits the searchlights at Sturtevant with a loaded ballast train.

As the morning clouds roll away, a pair of CP Multimark SD40-2s lead a ballast train south through Sturtevant, WI.

Metra 402, which was recently repainted into a special “State Of Illinois” paint scheme, sits at the Fox Lake coach yard after pulling outbound train 2143 into town.

An assortment of SD70ACe variants sit outside the EMD LaGrange Plant in McCook, IL.

EMDX SD90MAC-H #90 sits with an Oakway painted SD60 at the EMD LaGrange Plant in McCook, IL.

GTW 5950, a KCS painted SD40-3, shoves a cut of cars towards the hump at CN’s Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana.