CN 5711 leads an empty Farmersville coal train south across the mostly frozen waters of Lake Springfield. Once loaded at the Crown II mine, this train will head north to Cedar Rapids, via Peoria ... (more)

Waterworks lives up to its name as flood waters from the Sangamon River serve as a reflecting pool for I&M 60 North's short two car train as it heads to Havana.

A pair of EJ&E SD38-2s cross the big steel bridge spanning the Calumet Sag Channel on their way back to Glenn Yard.

An extra 198 train makes it way down the BRC with a pair of IC SD70s.

UP8006 (SD9043MAC) pulls its manifest train over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as it approaches the CN and Ash St Crossing. This set of four bridges once had four sets of double track, 8 tr... (more)

Westbound departing Savanna for Kansas City.

ILSX900 SW8 working for the Chicago Terminal Railroad pushes the empty gondolas across the swing bridge and toward Finkle Steel.

Q594 crossing a concrete trestle east of Decatur on the way to Indianapolis.

A trio of H2 Dash9s lead the Portland Z over the Rock River.

ILSX900 SW8 working for the Chicago Terminal Railroad, finished with its' work, puffs out a little smoke at it throttles up and pulls the full gondolas back toward the swing bridge.

A consist that showed the history of the BNSF merger, with a Santa Fe in the lead and a Burlington Northern trailing, the BNSF was formed in the middle. Seen here passing over Oil Valley School Ro... (more)

A 4 car Pink Line train crosses a busy Chicago River on a sunny and less humid Sunday afternoon.

Herzog rock train heads west towards Galena, IL and its eventual destination of Dubuque, IA. Due to heavy rainfall in the area (7" - 14") over the previous weeks, the CN has a lot of washouts alo... (more)

BNSF 7282 leads a westbound manifest freight over the former BN at Cameron Illinois.