The Chilli Sub was a complete mess on this Monday afternoon. Lots of westbounds were backed up from Niota back thru Stronghurst. A few eastbounds trickled out of Fort Madison keeping things rollin... (more)

A Westbound hotshot passes the classic Santa Fe Cantilever bridge at GI on the westside of Galesburg. A newer Dash 9 leads the pack west on the Chillicothe Sub. Santa Fe purchased 100 of these Das... (more)

A South Shore coal train for Burns Harbor is seen passing the Columbia Substation in Hammond with a loaded coal train for Burns Harbor.

An eastbound South Shore coal train for Burns Harbor is seen flying over the Nickel Plate at Hegewisch. They're running long hood forward today as the east facers do not have PTC.

CSS 2007 leads an eastbound coal train for Burns Harbor by Kensington Tower as they get onto home rails.

The 2023 CPKC Holiday Train dashes through the snow along the DeKalb County countryside on its way to one of its many show location stops at Byron, IL. Seen here passing some nicely picturesque re... (more)

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2023, UP-NW train #645 accelerates out of Clybourn with locomotive #134 leading, decked out in Christmas lights.

The South Shore is seen shoving a coal train across Pullman Jct on the BRC. They are shoving off the BRC onto the CN where they'll head south for Kensington to get back on home rails and head for ... (more)

The 2023 CTA Holiday Train snakes through Downtown Chicago as it passes just north of the Merchandise Mart.

A Santa Fe "quality" TOFC train rolls through Joliet led by a ATSF 574 and two more Superfleet GE's, along with a blue Dash 8-40B. The scheme certainly brightens up a rainy day!

NS local D49 is seen ducking under the TP&W shortly after departing East Peoria, IL.

A beat up Santa Fe warbonnet leads HGALBRC by the Amtrak depot at Plano, IL.

EAST SAINT LOUIS IL (June) 1976 — Illinois Central GP40 IC 3009 awaits an assignment. EMD built the unit (s/n 31471) in 1966. In December 1989 it was renumbered to IC 3133. My photo.

CP GP20C-ECO 2246 leads the 2023 CPKC Holiday Train West through Stillman Valley.

Strange bedfellows at Corwith Yard on the Santa Fe in Chicago. Relatively new GP60 ATSF 4022 is joined by former MILW/SOO SD40-2, EMD 6082, featuring the low moment for both Milwaukee Road and Soo... (more)