CN train L572 (Flat Rock, MI - Detriot, MI turn) works its way southbound on the ex DT&I "Arch Line" with a pair of ex Illinois Central SD70s for power. These arches were constructed in ... (more)

A good collection of power congregates at Joliet Yard on April Fools day 2021 including sequential numbered IC SD70's: IC 1026, 1027, & 1028.

IC 1028 leads the L509 at County Line Road in a scene that lacks very much color but spring is here and that should change soon.

IC 1038 leads L536 south out of Downtown Chicago on the CN Joliet Sub

IC 1025 and 1027 lead L509 south on the CN Illinois River Subdivision with cars for Equistar and Aux Sable.

IC 1003 works the south end of Joliet Yard on a nice early fall day.

IC 1011 and 1010 lead the CN-NS transfer RJY-30 back to Harrison Yard from the NS still in original paint. Who knows how much longer these units will be in service, but it's nice to see them lead... (more)

Late season snowfall blankets the ground but has already begun to melt in the sun as CN U702 cruises south through Conneautville, Pennsylvania on the Bessemer Sub. An all black consist of three IC... (more)

Darth Vader Curves. Illinois Central/Canadian National Railway Company1021 (SD70, EMD) leads a lengthy manifest train through the interlocking approaching Champaign Yard in Champaign, Illin... (more)

A pair of IC SD70s lead CN L509 south through Crest Hill.

A pair of classic Deathstar SD70's lead L509 south across Interstate 80 in Minooka. L509 is better known as the River Line Job and it is enroute to the industries of "East Morris."

The L509 with a pair of IC SD70's has just completed its pickup at Motive Power Resources in Minnooka. OMNX 2 an EMD SW1200 will tag along to Morris and then back to Joliet Yard. From there its of... (more)

It's around 7 months later (July 2020) and the IC 1033 and 1026 are back running on the L509 on this sunny winter day.

IC 1038 leads the L536 through Matteson as it begins to depart the Mainline of Mid-America on their trip to Kirk Yard.

A pair of Illinois Central SD70s lead TRRA Madison Yard to Centralia, IL local L548. Weather delays and getting through the maze of rail junctions in East St. Louis, IL have outlawed the crew less... (more)