NKP 765 puts on a great show as it heads east with the Joliet Rocket. It was a beautiful morning to shoot some mainline steam along the old Rock Island!

NKP 765 charges east of of Joliet with the first trip of the Joliet Rocket for the day. The fresh painted Berk looked awesome on this gorgeous September morning.

GTW GP38-2 4926 sits in the south yard in Joliet.

BNSF 7052 leads a Intermodal west out of Joliet.

BNSF 523 leads Local 105 (formerly CHIGAL) west out of Joliet.

METX 98 waits for a signal before continuing its shove back toward the coach yard after an outbound run down the Heritage Corridor.

Metra 209 departs Joliet with train 528.

BNSF 5440 leads a Intermodal west through Joliet

Y JOL202 thunders west out of Joliet with a fan favorite Bluebonnet pointing the way!

GTW 5936 waits at Joliet UD Interlocking to enter the BNSF, eventually waiting nearly 3 hours to do so.

A pair of fresh SD75M's wait for a signal to head west at Joliet UD.

An outbound train has just terminated and is waiting further assignment at UD on this hot July evening. Prior to 2014, Rock Island District trains would cross the diamond to terminate at another p... (more)

An eastbound manifest holds at the Rock with an IC SD70 leading the way.

METX 206 comes to a stop in Joliet with an outbound train.

Amid the clutter of a classic working roundhouse, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RS1 1126 has somehow squeezed itself into a stall for a weekend rest. The scene was the GM&O yard in Joliet, IL.