A Eastbound ethanol makes its way through Maple Park, IL in the final glint of light.

Happy Holidays Everyone! Traffic passing under on State Route 20 gawks in amazement of CP 9824 and the rest of her train with the beautiful holiday lighting display throughout the exterior.

Happy Holidays Everyone! CP 9824 waits at Sturtevant with the 2009 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train as the performers put on their show.

EJE 673 busts up some plow lines as it runs north to pick up a set of coal cars at the State Line Power plant and return them to the BNSF.

The IHB autorack job is lead by a solo BNSF gevo through Blue Island during the golden hour of sunlight.

This was an awesome surprise to kick off what would be an even more amazing evening at Blue Island.

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A classic Milwaukee Road Hiawatha car brings up the rear of one of the greatest trains to come to Chicago in over 30 years.

Canadian National Ethanol empty makes its way west over BNSF's Raceway as a Container Train departs BNSF's Cicero Yard Under CN/IC's Freeport Sub. Off in the distance a Manifest creeps slowly up t... (more)

The first outbound of the day busts through some plow lines after a late season snow storm dropped 6'' of very wet and heavy snow.

With the ice still frozen the DME 6054 pulls the daily St Paul to Kansas City manifest out of town.

A very hot CP 199 (Chicago-Vancover) train speeds it's way over a causeway on the Mississippi River.

An old silo and motel sign help frame a fallen flag paint scheme nicely as the crew of DME 6054 does some set out work.

A BNSF manifest rumbles past the local bar as it proceeds east.

Canadian National's brand new rail evaluation test car idles in the Freeport yard after a long day of work.