Pere Marquette 1225 gets a check-over before heading back to Owosso. Between the ghosts and lighting, this photo has a very surreal sense.

The 1225, a 1941 Berkshire, trails the train back into Owosso among light snow and a brief spot of sunshine.

The 1225, a 1941 Berkshire, thunders through the countryside on its way North.

The 1225, a 1941 Berkshire, storms through Oakley, MI, on its way to the "North Pole".

WC 3011 leads GTW 5936 on CN train 412, the Fond du Lac-Proviso manifest. 5936 is one of 3 SD40-2s in GTW paint, and with a WC painted GP, makes for a nice rare consist.

In the last rays of daylight on a very cold winter evening, this old BN soldier adds another train and a couple more miles under its belt as it rolls through Naperville.

With a loud thud, ICE's L920 job, the Davis Turn, plows through a nice drift at a rural country crossing.

ICE 209 charges out of the Rock River Valley and into the town of Byron, doing track speed and making good time toward Savannah.

ICE 209 leans hard through the reverse curve west of Leaf River at about 45mph.

SOO 6022 is in charge of some CSX power as it awaits a clear board to get into Bensenville Yard.

ICE 4207 and sister 4206 hustle across the countryside on their way to Davis Jct, passing a classic Illinois farm on the way.

The ICE Davis Turn sprints back to Davis Junction on a nice November afternoon. It's caught here passing the 73.6 defect detector, complete with Nathan M5 air horn screaming; making a nice treat ... (more)

ICE 209 leads its train past some classic rural Illinois scenery on a beautiful November morning.

The Monroe-Janesville train is running very late, and has an ex-UP SD40-2 leading as WSOR 4054, complete with a harmonic Leslie S-5T airhorn. From what I'm told, this is a hard train to catch.

A WSOR SD20 put on a sound show as it and the trailing GP38 work hard to get their large cut of rock cars underway, passing the town water tower and some scenic pine trees.