Metra engineer John Appel guides Milwaukee District North train #2121 under the old Pennsy signal bridge at CP Morgan, located in the near west side of Chicago. Once to the destination of Fox Lake... (more)

The sole SW1200 on Kansas City Terminal's roster, #1205, leads an Armordale Yard originated transfer past Adams Street Tower. The 1205 is of Northern Pacific heritage and was built in 1957. It lat... (more)

On a nice Sunday evening, a quad of South Shore GP38-2's lead PF-9 west through the Portage/Ogden Dunes station. The train will head for BRC's Commercial Avenue Yard on Chicago's south side.

Led by a pair of IHB GP40-2's, NA11 heads west through La Grange with a hefty train in tow. Originating at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale, this train terminates at the CP in Bensenville, usually wi... (more)

Another day, another pair of J SD38-2's. This time they're not on home rails, but it's close enough. 665 and 661 pull on a cut of cars at the north end of Markham Yard. Good to see 665 back in Chi... (more)

This is about as good as it gets on CN these days, at least around Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. A pair of EJ&E SD38-2's find the sun as they shove a massive cut of cars into Kirk Yard. No CN... (more)

In a light rain, the CSX business train makes its way down the Chicago Heights Sub in Blue Island, closing in on a Main 2 recrew at Barr. The train was running as P918-24. It was nice to see the F... (more)

IHB train NA11 holds down the controlled siding at CP 341 in Broadview, IL. Leading the way is SD38-2 3861, once one of two SD38-2's on the IHB's roster. Today, it's the only one as sister 3862 wa... (more)

That thundering SD40-2 sound fills the air as L CHI105 makes its way west across the Des Plaines River with a pair of sharp Heritage 1's in charge. L CHI105 runs four days a week (Tuesday through... (more)

Long summer days and a shortened Metra schedule (due to COVID-19) have made it easier to capture the Wisconsin & Southern departing BRC's Clearing Yard in daylight. With a pair of trusty SD40-2's ... (more)

Q642-04 (Avon, IN - Chicago, IL Barr Yard) slowly rolls north through Dolton on the UP Villa Grove Subdivision, with a pair of 1979, ex-Seaboard Coast Line SD40-2 products. With 144 cars and just ... (more)

Right where it belongs on home rails, 1981-built GP50 #3167 leads the four day a week L CHI105 through Mazon. Still wearing classic Santa Fe blue and yellow, the 3167 has memories of hustling hots... (more)

Reflections of the past. Just before 2:00 AM, Y HOD303 waits patiently for the signal at Harbor. Led by an SD60M in Burlington Northern colors, the train will head for BRC Clearing Yard once out o... (more)

It's a beautiful evening in Wisconsin Dells as a quad of Canadian Pacific SD40-2's thunder west through town. The streets of the Dells are usually packed around this time, but COVID-19 has taken i... (more)

On a beautiful evening in Lemont, M CHIGAL rolls west across the Des Plaines River. Enroute to Galesburg, Santa Fe SD40-2 #1614 leads the way. 1614 has been assigned to the Chicago area for years ... (more)