ArcelorMittal... 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Would you expect anything less from the world's largest steel producer? At the East Chicago plant, we see their pair of GP15-1's... (more)

What year is it again? SD60M 1455, SD40-2B 302 and SD40-2 1790 make for an incredible A-B-A set of Cascade green EMD's as they shove a lengthy cut of cars back to the hump at Galesburg Yard. I thi... (more)

"BN Clinton" lives up to its name with classic Cascade green in charge. R CHI424 heads south under the Iowa Interstate's Government bridge in Davenport, IA. #2740, the lead unit, is clas... (more)

R CHI424 is enroute from Clinton, IA to Barstow, IL as it skirts the shores of the Mississippi River in Le Claire. Leading the way is GP39E #2740, which still wears Burlington Northern Cascade gre... (more)

After being held for boat traffic, 23M continues its trip to Global 2 as it makes way through the bridges of CP 509 with "Sonic Bonnet" #4000 leading the way. An eastbound freight is als... (more)

After receiving the signal at CP 100, IHB 4011 and 4013 take control of train 115 as they make way down to CP 502. Once at 502, the train would hop on the NS Chicago Line for the trip east to Burn... (more)

With an SW1500 at each end, ArcelorMittal brings a molten steel "bottle train" into their East Chicago plant.

A pair of classics are in the process of taking headroom out of CN's Kirk Yard. GTW GP9R 4620 and EJ&E SD38-2 663 provide the power as the train approaches the Lakefront Subdivision. 4620 is of Ce... (more)

A pedestrian takes in the passage of Amtrak Hiawatha train #337 as it makes way under the Pennsy signal bridge at CP Morgan. Today's 337 features a Dash 8 leader, a nice change of pace from the Ch... (more)

Metra engineer John Appel guides Milwaukee District North train #2121 under the old Pennsy signal bridge at CP Morgan, located in the near west side of Chicago. Once to the destination of Fox Lake... (more)

The sole SW1200 on Kansas City Terminal's roster, #1205, leads an Armordale Yard originated transfer past Adams Street Tower. The 1205 is of Northern Pacific heritage and was built in 1957. It lat... (more)

On a nice Sunday evening, a quad of South Shore GP38-2's lead PF-9 west through the Portage/Ogden Dunes station. The train will head for BRC's Commercial Avenue Yard on Chicago's south side.

Led by a pair of IHB GP40-2's, NA11 heads west through La Grange with a hefty train in tow. Originating at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale, this train terminates at the CP in Bensenville, usually wi... (more)

Another day, another pair of J SD38-2's. This time they're not on home rails, but it's close enough. 665 and 661 pull on a cut of cars at the north end of Markham Yard. Good to see 665 back in Chi... (more)

This is about as good as it gets on CN these days, at least around Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. A pair of EJ&E SD38-2's find the sun as they shove a massive cut of cars into Kirk Yard. No CN... (more)