EB coal train passes the fields of rural northern Illinois on a heavy grade. Who says northern Illinois is ALL flat? cab windows on the DPU unit is visible at the end of the train.

Tie clips perfectly lined up on a frosty morning on the UP, former CNW, transcontinental main.

My 88th photo of amtrak 89. Submitted this one too early!

The crew of Y JOL101 has finished switching and is about to put it's train back together and head back to Joliet yard.

WB APL stack train past the former EJE, now CN, JB tower AKA Turner. Turner was the original name for the city of West Chicago. How long will the EJE sign last on the tower?

Fortune 500 company meets Main St, USA. The DPU set was tucked in a dozen cars from the rear.

A WB UP manifest freight is about to negotiate the curves of Wheaton after having just finished it's way through the Glen Ellyn S-curve.

Brake shoe smoke follows a WB UP manifest freight as it works its way through the Glen Ellyn/Wheaton curves. Due to malfunctioning gates just a mile behind the train's current location, it and al... (more)