CN 3315 Leads a five unit mixed freight from Kirk Yard in Chicago Illinois to Waterloo Iowa. Here they crawl through the Southside of downtown Chicago after rain went through the area

Golden Oldie over the Kankakee. It goes without saying that Warbonnet C44-9W #676 has seen much better days. I'm a sucker for the oldies (especially music), so to me, old and battered paint... (more)

The LSF54 local crosses the Vermillion River as it makes its was south through Pontiac heading back home to Bloomington.

A South Shore detour crosses the Little Calumet River on the IC main line headed for Matteson, Griffith and back to the South Shore at Stillwell.

It’s a hot and sticky afternoon in the Quad Cities region as a duo of IAIS GP38-2’s, 705 and 711 bring a PEDAV over the Rock River with a large grain train in tow. After crossing the river, th... (more)

Kcsm 4552 leads the westbound M train over the Illinois river.

When Amtrak painted P42DC #203 into an Operation Lifesaver scheme, I don't think they envisioned the "railroad crossing" theme was intended for when the locomotive was on a bridge, but h... (more)

Kcsm 4552 takes M259 West over the Illinois river.

On a gorgeous and warm spring evening, the weather is very great as Y-JOL202 gets up to trackspeed screaming west over Hickory Creek In Joliet after clearing the 25mph zone over the diamonds at UD... (more)

The early morning light pierces the cab of the veteran Illinois Central SD70 hustling A408 south across Bush Creek in Neoga, Ill.

Q198 heads south across Bridge 198 with a GTW heritage unit leading the way, solo.

On a beautiful evening, Y JOL202 thunders across Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side. A veteran SD40-2, still wearing Santa Fe Bluebonnet paint, leads the way.

After a setback on the BNs side, a late string of coal loads crawls uphill out of Chicago towards the Cleveland Cliffs power plant in Burns Harbor, Indiana. Todays train has a pair of SD38s sandwi... (more)

Spring in Chicagoland, after a day of severe weather, the following day opened up 50s & sun, perfect weather for South Shore’s NORX coal empties to traverse the system. Todays train has one of t... (more)

UP’s KD local returns back to Belvedere with two GP15-1’s leading 5 cars from Cimco and 2 interchange cars from the IR, as they are seen here crawling over the Kishwaukee River in Downtown Che... (more)