An unpatched SP tunnel motor was the last thing I thought I'd find in an Illinois corn field

With the sun behind me and storm clouds in front of me, I caught this KBS train headed north.

Former BNSF SD40 and a CN barn head out of Clearing.

A P42 switchs cars beteen the terminal and the yard.

An inbound Metra train seperates two pieces of railroad history. In the forground is the site of the Rock Island's yard serving down town Chicago. In the background we can clearly see the clock to... (more)

CSX 260 and 9 swtich the CSX intermodal terminal, while in the background a trio of ICE engines waits for assigment

In a scene that was one common along these tracks, a pair of E-units takes a passanger train out of CUS under a low hanging sky and the downtown skyline.

A west bound freight train kicked this east-bound Metra to the middle track. I ended up directing commuters who got confused by the change over to the south platform.

Passangers wait to board this west bound train on a crisp autume day

West bound Metra stops at Main Street sometime after six o'clock

West bound Southwest Chief passes CSX 697 working the IHB transfer

Military train headed west

Heading into Chicago after stopping in Oak Park