After dropping off passengers at the Franklin Park Metra Station, METX 512 accelerates out of the station with its next stop of Bensenville ahead.

UP 5307 and UP 4404 charge underneath the coal tower in DeKalb, IL, with UP's OCS train, heading westbound out of Chicago after coming up from the St. Louis area earlier in the day. Tonight's rend... (more)

After trailing on M337 the day before, two Illinois Central SD70s (#s 1038 and 1036) ply the rails of the former IC Iowa Division, seen here rolling past the former depot in Burlington, IL on X338... (more)

CP 8757, CPKC's "Every Child Matters" commemorative unit, leads a KCS GE on CPKC grain train 346 through Des Plaines, IL.

L536 is exiting Chicago city limits and entering Riverdale, IL as it crosses the Little Calumet River on its way south. A pair of IC SD70's are right at home on the old Mainline of Mid America.

IC 1025 and 1028 head south out of downtown Chicago as they lead the way of Kirk Yard bound L536. Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears, stands in the background. The NFL may be in the offseaso... (more)

As an Iowa Interstate transfer occupies Track 9 and a CSX stack train rolls down the Barr Sub, CP 646 splits the middle with a KCSM AC4400CW leading the way at the famous Blue Island Junction. #45... (more)

METX 503 leads an outbound train through Bensenville on Feb 29th of leap year 2024.

METX 503 leads an outbound train through Franklin Park.

CP 8848 and KCS 4114 waits for the next assignment at Bensenville Yard.

UP 8055 leads three other interesting units on the CPKC 247 as it departs Franklin Park for points north. NPR 6079, 1517 and 1570 dead in tow make up the remainder of the consist.

2 Ns train's wait for crew's to take them into the Alton & Southern.

In the final rays of blue hour, a trio of CN EMDs rocket north under Monee with a manifest for CNs Kirk yard.

After traversing the Mendota & Chicago subs during the day, NS takes control of coal loads for Detroit. Seen here snaking through downtown Chicago under the cover of darkness, with a BN 70mac up f... (more)

An almost matched Amtrak Midwest train heads out of the windy city with an Amfleet and Horizon car in the mix among the newer Siemens equipment.