NS local D32 is seen working Mansfield on its way to Bloomington.

A Superfleet powered TOFC train heads east toward Chicago with a quartet of mixed GP60Ms & GP60Bs crossing farmland near Kinsman, IL.

UP 2205 dressed up in Alton Southern livery waits for its next assignment on MBNAS later this afternoon. In the background are the switchers for AgRail

Roughly seven months ago, when I had first gotten my drone, I attempted a shot of Amtrak 203, the Operation Lifesaver unit, leading the westbound California Zephyr in Naperville, IL as the unit sa... (more)

Metra 127 departs Maywood with a inbound train.

BNSF 1404 and another triclops SD60M sandwich a rebuilt GP30 of some kind on a beautiful mid-July evening back in the summer of 2020. 1404 is leading the charge (timetable) east with the Galesburg... (more)

Four of a kind
It’s 6:45 in the morning of July 14, 1991, as Soo Line EMD GP38-2 No. 4444 glows in the early sunlight and new candy-apple red paint, leading an eastbound Soo freight ou... (more)

A TP&W local crew unpacks the inbound train from the east end of the railroad behind the road power consisting of 5 locomotives.

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train West past historic Rondout Tower.

IC 1018 leads L53691 through Hyde Park on Chicago's south side.

Southbound Q-train works towards Markham with containers from western Canada. The train crosses the triple track UP Geneva Sub at West Chicago and JB Tower.

A loaded oil train swings off the Waukesha Sub onto the Leighton Sub at Mundelein. This connection was a big deal for CN as this is the start of the EJ&E trackage for trains to bypass Chicago prop... (more)

The town of Warren shows off its heritage of the Stagecoach Trail on its water tower. The Trail is a historic route through northwest Illinois that connected Lena with Galena. The trail was a part... (more)

These Roadrailer trains are pretty cool. Here 256 pulls into the siding at Tolono to meet 2 west on the NS Lafayette District. Amazing how long this service has hung on. Guessing the equipment agi... (more)

NS train 121 is doubling into the yard at Decatur. The train takes head room at WABIC to make the double. The train will get a new crew, power, and double before heading for St. Louis.