5354 and a pair of Santa Fe GP60s bring an eastbound intermodal under the beautiful CB&Q signal bridge.

Well, seeing a GEVO has pretty much lost it's excitement now. Case in point is a pair of AC's on a coal empty headed west that was just as exciting as a pair of BN Executive 70MACs.

An afternoon dinky slows down to stop on the center track on the crossing. As you can see the other two tracks are occupied by another Metra and MoW. The conductor hangs out of the 2nd car so he c... (more)

Some yard power sits motionless and shut down at the edge of the yard. They are attached to a gray IC caboose.

METX 404 flies eastbound in reverse towards Chicago with a midday dinky.

A short CSX transfer intermodal from Eola Yard is pulled by a BNSF SD40-2 and MRL SD45. They pass a Magnolia tree starting to bloom.

Don't adjust your monitors - this Dash 9 really is that faded!

NPCU #90215, lookin' good, slows down at Main Street due to a "crossing malfunction" apparently reported to BNSF. Actually, the gates were working, but hey, we got some horn because of this "probl... (more)

A new GEVO leads a CR SD50, NS SD70M, and BNSF GP60B east on a power move. Pope Saint John Paul II: May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005

Two Pumpkins, a Dash 8 Warbonnet, and NS Dash 9 bring an intermodal past the old water tower in Western Springs.

BNSF 1063, the rear H1 unit, coughs a little more than the other Dash 9s as they throttle up at MP15 - the start of a test mile. They pass construction workers that are building a pedestrian under... (more)

181 flies through Western Springs with an express to Downers Grove.

405 accelerates from the station on the middle track. Maintenence in Hinsdale caused the inbound trains to have to stop on Main 2 in Western Springs and LaGrange.

A sparkling Warbonnet comes around the sweeping curve towards the beautiful Easter sunset.

Classic German car waits in the parking lot as a not-so-classic American locomotive thunders by. I saw the Beetle parked there and just had to get a shot of it. The third locomotive is a P40DC; no... (more)