This power shove from Congress Park, IL to Cicero yard with a lone Union Pacific unit and a mix of ex BN SD40-2's. BNSF 5408 with odd number boards white with black numbers odd but sharp.

BNSF 111 waits at a red board for the last of the morning Metra commuter trains to head into the city with its passengers...

IC 6063 leads an extra manifest eastbound into Hawthorne after battling blizzard like conditions in Iowa.

NS SD70M-2 2724 leads a westbound manifest through LaVergne.

Ethanol train inbound

An Eastbound Metra heads past the commuter station in Berwyn, Illinois.

A pair of former ATSF warbonnet GP60M's double team a lengthy stack train out of Cicero. It sure is nice to see some older consists on the line again.

After pulling out for head room, this freshly outshopped GP38-2 pushes back into Hawthorne yard.

As Metra 1263 makes its station stop at Harlem Ave., rush hour train 1267 shoots west on main two as the sun lights the skies on fire, setting short of the triple track in the southwest.

M337 departs Hawthorne Yard quite literally bouncing and rocking down the Freeport Sub's un-maintained jointed rail with a track warrant to MP 82.

BRCGAL (Brick-Gal) takes off on Main 3 with a nice consist of foreign power and a nice old ATSF SD40-2 to boot.

MOW is all around as BNSF's tie replacement project gets kicked into full gear while CN's recent track improvement plan takes place over head. BNSF 4988 leading motors in fallen flag schemes takes... (more)

Amtrak P42 89 leads the outbound Southwest Chief west through LaVergne.