The Way Freight. The Q called their local freights "Way Freights."

The local way freight.

The 4:15 inbound train is framed by Christmas decorated classic lamps during the blue hour.

The engineer of the 5:00 flip climbs down from the locomotive and will walk to the cab car and go back to Chicago during the blue hour.

Passengers wait for their outbound train to highball so they can cross the tracks. With a number board not lit, the headlight, mars, and ditch lights create an awesome display as a winter stom fal... (more)

A classic EMD speeding west down the Race Track.

Quite the lash-up heads west through Downers Grove, on the M BRCKCK. A former ATSF SD40-2 leads the way, followed by a Ferromex GEVO and a CEFX SD90MAC.

westbound BN train passing through Belmont, IL along exCBQ triple track west of Chicago, IL

An outbound express blurs past a red car waiting patiently for it to pass.

The moon rises over an outbound Metra. An inbound train has just left and can be seen in the distance at Westmont. One guess for the station location!

A recently rebuilt F40PH pushes an inbound train past Fairview Ave.

A nice Bluebonnet leads the 452 local east.

A surprise visitor makes its way east through the Belmont Ave work area. Notice the track panels on the left about to be used for the "new" temporary crossing in a couple of weeks.

Freshly painted BN E9 9919 leads a two car, Sunday-only dinky westward out of the Downers Grove station. These were the days before Chicago area suburbanites discovered commuter trains to get to ... (more)