A BNSF ES44AC and SD70ACe haul a loaded coal train as it proceeds south over the NS Chicago Line and out of Chicago. The train is passing by Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox as... (more)

A pair of leased HLCX GP38's in the company's maroon scheme shuffle spine cars as they work the intermodal ramp at BNSF's Cicero Yard near Chicago. HLCX 1058 was originally built as an MKT GP40 in... (more)

With a unit train of frac sand bound for Sayre, Pennsylvania, NS 68N heads east across the Lake Erie District behind a trio of Canadian National locomotives. The train is crossing the trestle over... (more)

A pair of GE's pull CSX manifest freight Q635 as it passes through downtown Erie, Pennsylvania. This Selkirk to Columbus train typically carries large blocks of construction debris cars from the e... (more)

A dwarf searchlight stands guard on the east leg of the wye to the UP Rockwell Sub that runs off the connection at the Tower A-2 Junction. This classic signal still serves after decades as an inbo... (more)

It's a busy afternoon at the Indiana Harbor Belt's Gibson Yard. A pair of Union Pacific GE's are shoving back to put together a train bound for home rails, while two yard jobs shuffle autoracks us... (more)

A pair of CSX GE's lead Columbus to Selkirk manifest Q634 as it passes through the passenger platforms of Union Station in Erie, Pennsylvania. The art deco structure was built in 1927 and was serv... (more)

Freshly painted Union Pacific GP60 1107 sits with a single tank car and a CNW caboose in a small yard on the UP Kenosha Sub near downtown Chicago.

Metra SW1200, NIRC 3, leads 3 cars as it diverges from the St. Charles Airline to the Metra Rock Island District at the 16th Street Tower junction, crossing over CN's Freeport Sub. These cars, inc... (more)

Inbound and outbound Metra trains meet just east of Tower A-2 during a Friday evening rush. A venerable F40 passes by one of the newer former Amtrak F59PHI's.

An SD70M-2 leads an CN manifest fregiht as it heads south through Shelton Junction on the CN Rainy Sub. This is the junction where the CN Missabe Sub crosses over the CN Rainy Sub.

An inbound Metra train speeds through Tower A-2, passing underneath a set of CNW searchlights under a classic signal bridge. The train in the background is departing the coach yard for downtown.

One of Metra's former Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI's shoves an inbound commuter train towards downtown during a Friday evening rush. The train is passing under a former CNW signal bridge at the Tower A... (more)

A southbound Bessemer ore train passes alongside the Hartstown Swamp on a dreary fall day, with just a few trees giving some color to the scene. A pair of IC SD70's and a CN SD60 are the day's pow... (more)

MVPX 1202, an SW1200 in green paint and marked for service by North Star Blue Scope Steel, sits on the outskirts of the company's steel mill in Delta, Ohio. This is one of several switchers used ... (more)