Hard to believe that 19 years ago these dash 9's were 1st being delivered. Here train #11 has 2 maiden voyage H1 dash 9's for the trip west out of Chicago. The train is seen here passing thru East... (more)

Eastbound St. Paul, MN, to Chicago, IL, Q-train is about to cross the CN Dubuque Sub at East Dubuque. Trailing today's train is kind of an odd ball ex-Santa Fe SD75. Haven't seen alot of them out ... (more)

Burlington Northern “Expediter” intermodal No. 41 is about to clatter across the Chicago Central diamonds at East Dubuque, Illinois, on March 10, 1991. This very unique track arrangement is at... (more)

When the Canadian National bought the Ski-Train, it was delivered to the CN at Omaha. The CN handled the train east across the Iowa Division as a separate move, seen here exiting the tunnel at Ea... (more)

A westbound Burlington Northern freight passes through Budd near East Dubuque, Illinois, on the afternoon of August 21, 1994. Cascade green EMD GP38-2 No. 2107 leads newer GP39-2 No. 2737, on a tr... (more)

CN grain extra G884 peaks through the east portal at East Dubuque with 1 of 10 SOO SD60s remaining.

CN train M338, Waterloo, IA to Gary, IN (Kirk Yard), crawls through the tunnel at East Dubuque with Penn Central heritage up front and the Pennsy heritage unit stuck in the middle of the 11,500ft ... (more)

Chicago Central & Pacific train No. 51 meets an eastbound Burlington Northern freight at East Dubuque, Illinois, on October 23, 1993. Powering the westbound CC&P train are EMD GP38 Nos. 2009 and 2... (more)

CCP 8171 leads a coal train out of the tunnel at East Dubuque, IL. The tunnel cuts into the bluff, turns 90 degrees, then exits onto a diamond over the former Burlington mainline before crossing t... (more)

CP powered CN ethanol train rolls east at 7 below zero

CN 2100 pops out of the 90-degree curved tunnel at East Dubuque, Illinois with a loaded grain train. Half of the train is in a tunnel, half on a bridge, half in Illinois, and half in Iowa! (Also, ... (more)

NS 1066, the New York Central heritage, leads a loaded oil train for the east coast.

The Chicago Central owned the track between Portage adn East Dubuque til mid 1994. The BN used the same trackage with its Aurora Sub trains. Here BN train #104 blast out of East Dubuque with MRL p... (more)