Central Illinois isn't the pretty countryside in the world, its like a ride thru Nebraska! Luckily there are some odds and ends things to add to the photo, unfortunately it isn't the old Wabash si... (more)

Westbound Metra West Line train #37 is off from their station stop at the UP shops. The train dropped off a bunch of employees. The group will grab 10 units to the left and head downtown to pick u... (more)

Over 13 parked train sets can be seen here from this view at the Metra Aurora yard over the weekend. There are plenty more sets out of site around the curve. Crazy to see all these train waiting o... (more)

Back in 2019 work is closing in quick to replace these old Rock Island era signals. A Metra outbound train passes under the classic signals on the Joliet Sub. Signals retired October 2022.

A slow moving freight passes thru a frost covered Wadsworth on the C&M Sub. The train has main #2 from Milwaukee to Rondout, while the 1st Hiawatha Amtrak of the day makes time on main #1. The dis... (more)

The "Tax Payer's Train" cruises thru Wadsworth on the CP C&M Sub with a "1 unit per car" consist. If one wonders why Amtrak doesn't make money, you don't have to look too far a... (more)

Train #332, on the Hiawatha Service, blast thru Wadsworth on the CP C&M Sub. Between 6:15 am. and 9:34 p.m., Amtrak runs 7 pairs of Hiawatha trains between Chicago and Milwaukee throughout the da... (more)

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)