A pair of ArcelorMittal GP15's are tied onto a cut of coal cars prepared to be taken into the ArcelorMittal East Chicago steel mill.

A couple of southbound CN trains waits at CP Rock for a pair of Metra trains to clear the former Rock Island interlocker on a beautiful late spring morning.

A view from above the nasty Des Plaines River shows the BNSF L-CHI105 local with a pair of GP's and 3 SD40-2's working the BNSF Joliet Yard. The old state lockup can be seen in the distance that h... (more)

A view from above at the Motive Power Resources shop in Minooka.

This was worth getting the drone up for. BLE 907 and BNSF 3196 are parked after arriving the day before on the L595. BLE 907 ended up going back to Gary later in the day after its short visit to J... (more)

An SD38-2 and a switcher wait for their next move after arriving at Joliet Yard on the L509 after being worked on at the Motive Power Resources shop in Minooka.

First shot of the new DJI Mavic Air 2 drone shows a view of the CN Joliet yard from above. IC 1036 has just arrived back to the yard after working the L528. A couple of units in transit sit furthe... (more)

This former Cotton Belt SW1500 now calls Bensenville home.

In a world of reduced service on the Metra system as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, METX 405 leads one of the few trains running on the Milwaukee West Line sporting it's new nose emblem decal.

A pair of nice UP SD40N locomotives work at the Global 4 inland port in Elwood.

IC SD70's were all over the place in the south suburbs on this late April day. Another CN train with an IC SD70 leading rolls through Chicago Heights on a nice afternoon. To the right, tracks rema... (more)

CEFX 1598 on lease to the IHB leads a short train leads a short train through East Chicago.

Following the IC 1003, IC 1033 comes out of the yard to begin its trip down the Mainline of Mid-America.