IHB 4011 and 4013, both painted in the black and orange retro scheme, lead a westbound transfer out of Blue Island Yard. The train is crossing Seeley Avenue and making the turn onto the CSX Chicag... (more)

In some sweet evening light, numerous New Mexico Rail Runner Express trainsets wait for the next call to service. At this time in April, service was shut down through the end of May due to COVID-1... (more)

CSDX #3, one of the Chicago Sanitary District's three venerable SW1's, shoves 13 empties to the loader in Stickney. The train just completed its trip from the dumping fields in Willow Springs.

A 1954 classic! The former Milwaukee Road 2048, now operating for Metra as the NIRC 3, makes its way off the St. Charles Air Line and onto the Rock Island District at 16th Street. Its train of thr... (more)

Some really cool power sits quietly in the backlot of EMD's plant in La Grange, IL. At the front is CP 6061, an SD40-2 that was built in 1984. Next up is EMDX 92, which is dubbed as an SD89MAC, bu... (more)

Galesburg, Illinois is home to the only A-B-A set of Cascade greens around. With many years of service working together, SD60M #1455 leads the way of a long cut of cars. Soon enough, they'll be sh... (more)

As various CN power sits around the shops at Woodcrest, an oddity is the star of the show. NREX #3, painted in a scheme for the United Grain Growers, holds down a few baretables. #3 is an SW1200 t... (more)

I would say to take your pick, but I'm not so sure that's possible in this situation. When it comes to this mass gathering of locomotives from many different railroads, some have futures and some ... (more)

The former SOU 3024, built in 1965, has certainly seen better days. After the Southern, it became the Fox River Valley Railroad #2500 before it was sent to the Wisconsin Central. It spent loyal ye... (more)

Hawthorne is the location where the BRC Kenton Line and the CN Freeport Sub cross. After working Best Foods, the BRC's NOSI industrial job heads for the next location of Home Products in Chicago, ... (more)

Another major steel mill in Northwest Indiana is the Gary Works, located just off of Lake Michigan in Gary. A pair of their remote control switch locomotives prepare to go to work on a sunny morni... (more)

ArcelorMittal GP15-1's 417 and 418 are pulling for all they're worth as they bring a heavy train of pet coke into the East Chicago plant. As the train winds its way into the plant, the rear can be... (more)

A pair of Grand Trunk Western GP38-2's, 4933 and 4914, switch Rowell Chemical on a hot and hazy afternoon along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Willow Springs. Dubbed L535, this train origi... (more)

IHB SW1500's 1511 and 1524, along with "hump trailer" slug 477 shove a heavy train to the hump at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale. The SW1500's were built in 1967 and 1968, respectively. S... (more)

All alone in the weeds. It's a sad ending for Illinois Central SW14 #1450 as it lives out its final days at the National Railway Equipment facility in Dixmoor, IL. It was built new for the IC in 1... (more)