The engineer slowly descends the 1% grade preparing to bring this cut of cars to a stop so the conductor can line the switch for a shove back and onto the first cut of cars before leaving for Two ... (more)

Illinois Central 1000 comes down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant with a second cut of loads of blast furnace trim. The train will double onto their first cut, which they shoved into the ... (more)

Two railroads gobbled up by the Canadian National take the westbound M337 manifest across the countryside of Northern Illinois. Th lead unit happens to be the class unit of the SD70 series locomot... (more)

In nice evening light, the class IC SD70 leads CN A446 south through Cicero on the Belt.

CN 504 are deserving the Valero plant

CN 504 are en-route to the Valero plant

Stranger in a strange land: IC 1000 is a long way from the American midwest as she leads CN train 109 (Kamloops to CP Coquitlam) around the S-curve just east of the crew change point at Boston Bar... (more)

Mount Fitzwilliam towers over train X101, gathering speed after crossing over the continental divide at Yellowhead just moments ago. IC SD70 1000 and CN SD60F 5530 provide the uncharacteristic pow... (more)

Class leader! IC 1000 charges at the hill at the beginning of the York sub as it leads CN 149 to Brampton Intermodal and points westward.

Class leader! IC 1000 is in charge of CN 149 as it begins to pull out of Oshawa Yard. The crew was held here for about 2 hours before getting the OK to proceed, only to wait for a... (more)

IC 1000 backs up for another cut of cars while EJ&E 661 comes up North 15

The day i saw UP 2010 made it first revenue run, the IC 1000 comes later that day in the opposite direction hauling mostly autoracks. Its at full throttle heading towards Longview for a quick crew... (more)

The IC 1000 brings in an empty Taconite train into Joliet. Today's forecast, "A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING"

After completing the work at Dubuque, and finally getting permission from the BNSF Dispatcher in Fort Worth, M338 heads east across the Mississippi River.