In a light rain, the CSX business train makes its way down the Chicago Heights Sub in Blue Island, closing in on a Main 2 recrew at Barr. The train was running as P918-24. It was nice to see the F... (more)

IHB train NA11 holds down the controlled siding at CP 341 in Broadview, IL. Leading the way is SD38-2 3861, once one of two SD38-2's on the IHB's roster. Today, it's the only one as sister 3862 wa... (more)

That thundering SD40-2 sound fills the air as L CHI105 makes its way west across the Des Plaines River with a pair of sharp Heritage 1's in charge. L CHI105 runs four days a week (Tuesday through... (more)

Long summer days and a shortened Metra schedule (due to COVID-19) have made it easier to capture the Wisconsin & Southern departing BRC's Clearing Yard in daylight. With a pair of trusty SD40-2's ... (more)

Q642-04 (Avon, IN - Chicago, IL Barr Yard) slowly rolls north through Dolton on the UP Villa Grove Subdivision, with a pair of 1979, ex-Seaboard Coast Line SD40-2 products. With 144 cars and just ... (more)

Right where it belongs on home rails, 1981-built GP50 #3167 leads the four day a week L CHI105 through Mazon. Still wearing classic Santa Fe blue and yellow, the 3167 has memories of hustling hots... (more)

Reflections of the past. Just before 2:00 AM, Y HOD303 waits patiently for the signal at Harbor. Led by an SD60M in Burlington Northern colors, the train will head for BRC Clearing Yard once out o... (more)

It's a beautiful evening in Wisconsin Dells as a quad of Canadian Pacific SD40-2's thunder west through town. The streets of the Dells are usually packed around this time, but COVID-19 has taken i... (more)

On a beautiful evening in Lemont, M CHIGAL rolls west across the Des Plaines River. Enroute to Galesburg, Santa Fe SD40-2 #1614 leads the way. 1614 has been assigned to the Chicago area for years ... (more)

It doesn't get much better than this on the old Santa Fe Transcon in Joliet! A pair of Bluebonnets, SD40-2 1614 and GP50 3167, lead Y JOL202 west past Joliet Union Station and UD Tower, two histor... (more)

It's business as usual at the steel mills of Burns Harbor as the 728 foot Joseph L. Block makes its arrival.

A pair of Norfolk Southern GP60's lead a westbound freight through Hick Tower, crossing the old NYC drawbridge.

After picking up the conductor near Escalante Junction, ESWR 603, 601 and 602 are in run 8 getting back up to track speed. They're in charge of 48 empties bound for the Peabody mine.

USSX #1248, a vintage SW8, shoves on a cut of steel cars at US Steel's Granite City Works. #1188 has been sitting in that same spot, tied onto that same crane for at least a few years now. One has... (more)

United States Steel's Granite City Works is home to a number of vintage switch locomotives. Here at the massive facility, we see SW1200 #1244 shoving in with a bottle car. SW1200 #1191 can also be... (more)