The old Joliet Junction flys over the CSX tracks in Rockdale......an extra ethanol train makes its way east....he will follow the 11:24 Metra departure from Joliet.....

CSXT 2762, along with a sister GP38-2, are tied down in the Rockdale Yard on this quiet Sunday afternoon. Chessie caboose 904020 is on the adjacent track.

Freshly painted CSX 1522 and veteran 1504 sit in the yard. Chessie caboose 904020 adds a lot of interest as well.

CSX 1522 sure does look good in its fresh YN3 paint! An older YN2 accompanies 1522. Notice Chessie caboose 904020 sitting besides the CSX's.

The Rock Island signals still stand guard, albiet gutted, and have been inactive since the early 80s.

The CSX job is tied down for the weekend in front of the yard office as the IAIS west train goes by one the old westbound main.

The "Rockdale Job" sits tied down awaiting the evening crew.

CSX's Rockdale local sits for the night as numerous stars blur by overhead with the clouds. This was at one time the Rock Island's busy double track Chicago to Omaha mainline.

Iowa Interstate 713 and 717 sit silenty with BICB, waiting for a crew.

A pair of CSX GP15-1's idle away next to Chessie caboose 904020 in Rockdale Yard.

A trio of Iowa Interstate's fairly new GP38-2's sit awaiting a recrew before exiting Chicago's far southwest suburbs as a near full moon rises into a cloudless sky.

BICB passes a pair of CSXT GP15Ts at Rockdale, IL. ISO 100 2" F/22

What once protected and interlocking where E-units and U-boats roamed the rails, these vintage Rock Island searchlights now stand dark over decrepit track and moribund CTC bungalows as IAIS and CS... (more)

The 3 times a week Rockdale job gets ready to depart Rockdale for Joliet yard. This is now a bike trail.

It is beyond me how this caboose has escaped the clutches or even the torch of the CSX paintshop/deadline.