EJ&E 662 and 666 pushed hard to get this almost 2 mile long M-343 up Steelton Hill in Duluth. They will disconnect a few miles further north.

A EJ&E pair 662 and 659 prepare to push a CN stack train up Steelton Hill.

EJ&E J-Ball SD38-2 662 leads the JSW1 through Shorewood.

662 is one of three J ball left on EJ&E roster and someday there will be none.

J power idles in the shadow of the BP Amoco refinery in Whiting on a cold winter night.

A J yard job heads light back into Kirk with the two remaining ball logo-ed SD38-2's.

An SD38-2 painted in the old paint scheme with the "J" logo on the nose leads a manifest east towards Kirk Yard. The train is about to slam across the CN diamonds.

Light power heads to Matteson to pick up cars from the IC interchange.

The Conductor on the Long West Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Prepares to grab the track warrant for the train at West Chicago, While the engineer looks down the tracks.

The J's Joliet local heads back south past the well known West Chicago JB Tower.

One of the last 3 "J-Balls" leads a Joliet local at West Chicago; the train is building air before heading south back to Joliet.

EJ&E SD38-2 662, one of 4 engines in the old paint scheme, holds in Joliet with a manifest.

EJ&E SD38-2 #662, one of 4 remaining engines with the J-Ball on the front, throttles up as it comes onto the single track mainline at Turner along with 2 other SD38-2s for a quick run to Eola.

EJ&E 662, one of a few EJ&E's in the "J Ball" paint scheme, throttles up through Joliet, accompanied by 672 and 660. The horn and the sound of these three units in run 8 was sweet. Notice the came... (more)

One of the few EJ&E units left with the old J-ball logo on the nose leads a coal train bound for State Line power plant east across the UP diamonds and past the boarded up Jay Tower in Chicago Hei... (more)