Minutes before a big snowstorm moves over the Chicagoland area, L-CHI104 crosses the New Rock Subdivision at CP Joliet UD, or UD Tower. SD40-2 1706, still wearing its Burlington Northern green lea... (more)

After an overnight snowfall of around 14 inches, Metra 915, the first outbound Heritage Corridor train of the day sends snow flying as it impacts a plow line on Second Street in Lockport at tracks... (more)

Running over 3 hours late, Amtrak 300 heads north at trackspeed in over a foot of snow through Lockport, busting through the plow line at 13th Street at the Lockport Metra Station.

One foot of snow doesn’t stop the UP Troy Grove Local, as UP GP60 1038 busts through one of dozen’s of plow lines on the Troy Grove Branch on a sunny evening.

Two IAIS GP38-2’s finish up leaving a cut of cars on the Interchange tracks while a CP crew immediately comes and picks them up with a solo SOO GP38-2, #4448 to take back to CP’s Nahant Yard.

January 31, 2009: the end of the line. 13 years ago, January 31, 2009 marks the final day of EJ&E’s 122 year existence before the CN takeover. EJ&E 667 leads the Kirk Yard west end in March 2020... (more)

Two Zebra scheme SD40-2W’s bring the rear of A446 as they can be heard from miles away fighting up the grade at Byron Hill on a cold morning.

After flying around the shoo fly, Metra 189, a rebuilt F40PHM-3 leads express train #1327 to Downers Grove past the Highlands station, where there is a old CB&Q depot.

On a rainy, cold and windy fall afternoon in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, WICT (ELS) F7A #901 rests with an ABA consist on the Escanaba & Lake Superior.

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, INRD SAHW (Senate Ave - Hiawatha Yard) rounds the curve into Bloomfield with the normal duo of SD9043MACs and a duo of GP38-2’s.

Two Bessemer & Lake Erie SD40T-3’s bring up the rear of A446 as they shove up Byron Hill past County Highway F in Byron.

On a busy afternoon at Galesburg Yard, power hangs around the pit waiting for its next assignment, including many GE’s, a few EMD’s and some fallen flags.

In the haze’ fading sun, the normal duo of SD9043MACs, INRD 9009 and 9007 lead INRD SAHW-07 (Senate Ave Yard - Hiawatha Yard) around the curve into Linton after meeting the HWSA at Switz City.

CP 198 splits the searchlights guarding the CN diamonds while they take down the highball as the searchlights show.

L561 prepares to cross the former Wisconsin Central at Slinger with a pair of light GP38-2’s to pickup a 100 car grain train at Ackerville to take back to Horicon.