A Canadian style Dash 9 leads CN A442 down the CSXT Altenheim headed for BRC's Clearing yard.
On Christmas Eve, I get treated to a nice little surprise... one of two SOO MP15's still remaining in the SOO Red and White scheme in crisp morning sunlight...
The Chief screams through Brookfield on time as the sun sets on one of the shortest days of the year.
This plain nosed bright orange and blue loco will someday be a thing of the past as one of three GTW SD40-2's heads south on the IHB...
Grand Trunk 5936 slowly rolls past newly installed IHB mile post 39, the end of the line for the IHB on the new CN connector in Franklin Park.
A Herzog rock train awaits its signal across the CP Elgin Sub and down the "single track" for the city.
CSXT power aids four BNSF yard goats in pulling this hefty stacj train out of Cicero. Lots of color here, of note is BNSF GP7u 1303 fourth unit in the consist.
GTW 5936 leads a CN wedgie south through Mundelein on this lovely December morning... quality, the right unit is finally leading.
As the sun sets on this December day, M393 recieves a fresh crew and prepares to depart west for points geographically north, in the name of UP's Proviso Yard.
A now common daylight train on the Freeport sub, M393 pulls down for headroom out of Hawthorne Yard with a barn and a UP Big 6...
On a fall like December day... an NS SD70M-2 makes an appearance leading BRCGAL westbound through the suburbs of Chicago.
A former CNW Dash 9 leads a trio of UP GE's as the sun breaks free of the clouds illuminating the many shades of yellow...
BNSF 8717 along with an extended family member, former ATSF 924, idle the evening away while getting a little TLC and sand...
IC 6003 leading a pair of WC SD45's, 7506 and 7524, arrive Hawthorne only to wait two hours for westbound M337 to clear up and depart...
A string of old and new yard goats fill the fuel racks for over night fueling and maintenance.
