One of many soldiers assigned to elevator duties out west. This one carries the reporting marks for M Ryan Railway Service Contractors, assigned to the Farmland Services Grain facility in Gothenb... (more)

Illinois Central’s SCMI freight operating from Chicago to Memphis, Tennessee, passes the old station and grain elevators at Buckley, Illinois, on January 21, 1989.

Rumors have been floating around that the coal fired, Midwestern Generating Station in Romeoville would possibly close down in the near future, or make a transition to Natural Gas. Now that rumor ... (more)

Rumors have been floating around that the coal fired, Midwestern Generating Station in Romeoville would possibly close down in the near future, or make a transition to Natural Gas. Now that rumor ... (more)

On January 21, 1989, Illinois Central’s SCMI freight, operating from Chicago to Memphis, Tennessee, passes over the interlocking at Tolono, Illinois, where the IC main line crosses the Norfolk &... (more)

NRG’s Will County Generating Station in Romeoville, IL owns 2 EMD SD20 locomotive’s. Those SD20's are used to deliver coal trains in and out of the plant that Union Pacific delivers to them. O... (more)

NRG’s Will County Generating Station in Romeoville, IL owns 2 EMD SD20 locomotive’s. Those SD20's are used to deliver coal trains in and out of the plant that Union Pacific delivers to them. O... (more)

A beautiful 66° Sunday night finds IHB 2924 working Gibson Yard's East End switcher. At 2230 this same night, both 324's crew would die on time, and 2924 would be permanently retired from the rai... (more)

For years, rumors have been floating around that the coal fired, Midwestern Generating Station in Romeoville was going to be making a transition to natural gas. Most, if not all nearby plants have... (more)

Older EMD and GE locomotives sit at the east end of NRE’s Silvis facility. The units labeled “Lewis” are sadly destined for scrap.

An ICG train departs East St. Louis. The Paducah built SD20 was rebuilt from a UP SD24.

The east deadlines at NRE are still quite colorful despite the recent purge in equipment. In the foreground is an ex-IC Paducah rebuilt SD20, originally Southern SD24 6331.

NRG Energy's Will County Generating Station in Romeoville owns a pair of SD20's. Those SD20's are used to haul coal trains (delivered by UP) in and out of the plant. Both of them have quite colorf... (more)

MJRX 1021 is an SD20 assigned to handle switching at the Farmland Service Grain Elevator at Gothenburg, NE. The unit was built as an SD24 for Southern Railway in January 1960. It was sold to Illin... (more)

An Indiana Harbor Belt hump job working Blue Island Yard in Blue Island, Illinois takes head room west on the IHB, crossing a diamond over the CSX Chicago Heights Subdivision. An SD20, SW1500, and... (more)