A treasure around the Illinois/Indiana border is the South Chicago & Indiana Harbor Railway, which was known as the Chicago Short Line until 2003. SCIH 30, 31 and 28 make a pickup at ArcelorMittal... (more)

Done with their work at the Nestle Chocolate plant, the crew of CN L504 prepares to shove back to the Waukesha Sub mainline in Burlington. With EJE 703 and CN 9530 for power, the train's ultimate ... (more)

After switching the Nestle Chocolate plant in Burlington, L504 hustles north across Echo Lake with the EJ&E 703 in charge. For years, the 703 has stood as the only EJ&E GP38-2 remaining and one of... (more)

A trio of Wisconsin & Southern's finest lead T4 through Milton, WI on a cold and cloudy fall afternoon. T4 runs from Horicon to Janesville.

Heading north through the small town of Grand Ridge, OMLX 1019 leads a cut of coal cars out of storage at a steady 10 MPH. Numerous crossings along the line were flagged to ensure that they were i... (more)

OMLX GP38-3 #1019 leads a string of empty BNSF coal cars to Ottawa, as some fall colors hang on in mid October. Heading north across a little bridge just south of town, this is the last of the coa... (more)

The last one? For years, the Illinois Railway Streator Branch has been home to a significant number of stored BNSF coal cars. Lately, the IR has slowly been removing the cars to send back to the B... (more)

IHB 4020 and 1512 cross the Little Calumet River as they make their shove move into Blue Island Yard, utilizing the West Yard Lead. #4020 is one of three GP40-2LW's purchased from Metro East Indus... (more)

The Indiana Harbor Belt retired their SD20 fleet earlier this year and purchased three GP40-2LW's from Metro East Industries in East St. Louis, Illinois. All three are now on the property and in H... (more)

As the sun prepares to set on Chicago, Union Pacific Northwest train #647 begins its trip to Harvard with Metra's newest creation in charge. Leading the way is METX #90, looking great in Chicago &... (more)

I'm not sure how many standard cab SD60's remain on Union Pacific's roster, but it has to be down to a handful. #2182 and "Snoot" SD40N #1558 shove a massive cut of cars back to the Glob... (more)

Paralleling the Des Plaines River, L CHI105 makes its way west through the plant at "Romeo." A nice A-B-A set makes for a nice sight on this sunny afternoon. The refineries of Lemont, IL... (more)

UPY 715 and UP 819 are in the process of dumping ballast in the Ravenswood neighborhood, located in Chicago's north side. Just south of the Ravenswood Metra station (Metra's UP North Line), the tw... (more)

BNSF 9824, a BN Executive painted SD70MAC, makes for a sweet leader on westbound V BLUPTS as it rolls across the Des Plaines River on a beautiful evening in Lemont, IL.

A dying EMD's last request....just to have a little company. Metra F40C 610 and IHB SW1200 2256 create an extremely sad sight at the entrance to NRE Dixmoor this afternoon. Lot of good times with ... (more)