Assigned to commuter service BN 9923 in the sunshine at Aurora station.
Southern Railway fan trip heads west on the Rock Island. 4501 is now parked at the Tennessee Valley Railroad and Museum in Chattanooga.
An SD45 leads an SD40-2 and a F45 into Joliet with a unit train of coal destine for a local power plant.
Eastbound local about to cross the Santa Fe diamonds.
ex-F3A 18C converted to CF7 2630 in 1972 making a run over to the Rock Island a year after its conversion.
BN 6244 leads a trio of SD-9'S eastbound to Chicago
ATSF 2783 working one of the many petro-chem plants in the area.
2 Rock Island U-boats about to hit the GM&O diamonds on a cold day.
BN 1606 heads west on the mainline.
Up from a local quarry, the "ballast" train was making a regular delivery to the Rock Island.
Cannibalized for parts, RI 421 like the railroad had seen better days.
EL units heading to the East.
GM&O 55 heading over to the Rock Island for the late afternoon interchange.
RI 1269 leads a local heading to a nearby food plant.