The Milwaukee search lights glow as a scoot strolls west toward downtown Elgin.
One of the many UP detours traverses the Elgin Sub on it's way west.
After dropping their train and making up their new one at Spaulding in record time, the IC&E LDS-1 headed by DM&E 4004 heads west into the sunset.
Another wonderful UP detour heads west on the ICE for the connection back with his own rails in Clinton, IA....
Powered by a matching set of four SD40-2's, a train that has been sitting crewless for two days in western Illinois finally makes its way east through Elgin.
The OLS train departs downtown Elgin enroute back to Belvidere to detrain all passengars and dead head back down to West Chicago for maintenance and layover.
Awaiting the inbound to Chicago on a bright Saturday afternoon.
A trio of GP40-2's, the third being DM&E's 20th Anniv. unit #4002, scream eastbound with a whopping 5 cars, 3 of which are actually for the EJ&E at Spaulding.
A quartet of DME/ICE pooled power coast into downtown Elgin with manifest from Huron, SD.
ICE 4207 and 4206 arrive Spaulding to interchange cars to The J and pick up their cars for Davis Jct.
ICE 4201 leads 4207 through downtown Elgin with today's Davis Turn with manifest headed for the EJ&E at Spaulding.
METX 427 leads 2715 out of National St.
A newly repainted IC&E GP40-2, ex SP, leads an ICE SD40-2 south off the Fox River Bridge in Elgin.
Metra diesels pass the weekend covered in snow in Elgin.
Metra 114 & 112 ran the doubleheader on Friday night. 427 also ran a local on Friday, but now it is Saturday, and they all get the day off.