A sunny morning in Joliet yields some goodies at the south end of the yard.

IC 2-6-0 3039 sits at the back of the line of steam engines at IRM. This engine definitely needs some work!

Jay Boggs washes his motor car down after Amtrak's National Train Day event.

IC 1036 shoves north to West Bridge Junction, where the crew will pick up the train.

A two-car Canadian National local traverses ex-Gulf, Mobile & Ohio rails at Percy as it heads back to Baldwin, Ill., on April 25, 2014.

After setting out a couple cars for Midwest Transload, a short Canadian National local traverses the old Captain Mine Lead on April 25, 2014, heading for the Sparta Sub (ex-GM&O) at Percy for the ... (more)

IC 2460 and BCOL 4654 lead a lengthy 331 through Lynden hot on the heels of 435.

Lots of buzz over the newly repainted CN #102... besides the fact that it never leads the overly large and out of place CN logo still keeps these two gorgeous motors as the classiest in the fleet ... (more)

CN 331 has cut off of its train and is running up to its lift on a parallel track.

IC 1036 zig zags its way back into the South Yard Lead of CN's East Joliet Yard.

A great lash-up heads east out of Joliet, crossing the old Rock Island diamond in the distance.

A southbound Illinois Central coal train passes concrete monuments to another era as it rumbles by the long-abandoned coaling towers at Gilman, Illinois, on May 5, 1990.

IC 2465 leads CN train 567 into Aldershot Yard.

This scene does not lead one to believe that were are just off to the side of the famous Proctor Yard, known for the copious amounts of iron ore that have passed through it over 100+ years. This s... (more)

CN 331 rockets through the countryside with IC 1001 and CN 2428 leading.