With the distant Sear's tower cloaked in the evening haze, and peering through the classic 'Q' signal bridges, Chicago Amtrak #5 races west on main one through Highlands with an eastbound Detroit ... (more)
UP officer special on the IHB headed to Yard Center for its continued trip all the way to Texas with the 'boss' onboard.
On its way up from St. Louis, headed back to Council Bluffs, the officer's special winds its way around the Y at Canal St., past the new condo/lofts, and into Global One.
Inbound Metra run off the Milwaukee Line approaching Union Station, the ballast and track look too clean for anything but a model railroad.
Eastbound coal load crosses the Calumet Canal on the freshly manicured CSX Blue Island Sub near the Broadway St. road crossing, one of my favorite railfan hangouts.
The Milwaukee 261 leads a perfect set of varnish past an inbound Amtrak for contrast.
A long stack train blasting eastbound out of the busy Wellington terminal, BNSF 5373 and 907 are captured in the cut.
With the train crew trying to clear vehicular traffic out of the way, the Chicago Terminal is slowly pushing loads south towards the crossing with Division St. for Big Bay lumber company located ... (more)
Rebuilt SD40 idles quietly in the light of the setting sun in the CSX yard at Augusta.
A local NS switch job heads north along 6th St. towards the Savannah River bridge with a couple of special purpose flat cars.
Framed by the Spring blossoms, the evening southbound manifest runs down 6th Street in Augusta.
Crossing the Savannah River, about to head down 6th Street in Augusta, the evening southbound manifest is pointed towards Atlanta.
The evening coal load trundles down 6th Street in Augusta southbound headed towards Atlanta.
