CSX and Norfolk Southern take point on an intermodal train off the former (originating at North Baltimore, Ohio) destined to Hobart Yard in Los Angeles under a classic Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ... (more)

The hot summer sun beats down on the small town of Edelstein as a westbound baretable re-position move from Corwith Yard in Chicago hustles beneath the Santa Fe style searchlight signals that stil... (more)

A westbound BNSF doublestack with NS power heads west through Edelstein just after sunset.

On a crystal clear morning, four matching Union Pacific AC45CCTEs bring an empty Norma, WI bound rock sand train up through Edelstein, IL, milepost 60.71 on UP's seldom-used Peoria Subdivision. O... (more)

BNSF 940 and a UP GE lead train V-BLUBEL under the Santa Fe searchlight signals in Edelstein, IL. - 10/13/13

A loaded auto train from Blue Island, IL, to Kansas City, MO, is meeting an empty grain train X-FTXRUF9-02 bound for loading at Ruff, IL. The train are meeting at track speed at the crossovers at ... (more)

Quietly basking in the gorgeous evening light, the small town of Edelstein suddenly erupts in a 17,600 horsepower roar as four BNSF General Electric units grind upgrade with a high-priority Willow... (more)

Westbound Willow Springs, IL, to North Bay, CA, Z-train hammers thru the crossovers at Edelstein as they meet an eastbound stack train. Today's Z-train has 4 new C4 GE's fresh off the factory floo... (more)

After just barely making the climb up Edelstein Hill, high-priority westbound container train Q-CXOLAC1 24A thunders across main one through the small community of Edelstein on BNSF's Chillicothe ... (more)

Leaving the Illinois River Valley behind, westbound empty coal train E-CICBTM0 03R roars toward the setting sun as it ducks underneath of pair of ATSF searchlight signal bridges at Edelstein, IL a... (more)

A hot westbound cruises up Edelstein Hill at first light on the last day of March 2015.

Led by both Union Pacific and CSXT power, containers from the Global IV Intermodal Terminal in Joliet, IL (UP train F-KG4LB1 14Z) claw their way up the 1.1% grade of Edelstein Hill in route to the... (more)

Having just met and eastbound, Corwith Yard (Chicago), IL to Los Angeles, CA containers roar upgrade on main track one behind four BNSF General Electric units. A classic set of ATSF searchlight si... (more)

Barely into its cross-country journey, Global IV Joliet, IL to Long Beach (ICTF), CA trackage rights container train F-KG4LB roars upgrade through the small town of Edelstein with three units elep... (more)