On a Thanksgiving morning, traffic on transcontinental highway (or I-80) is very light as the only train that takes the CN Illinois River Line, L509 crosses over the Interstate as it comes into Mi... (more)

CSX Business Train speeds West across Illinois on its way to the St.Louis area on the former PRR/Conrail St.Louis Line with all 3 of the F40PH's in the new B&O inspired paint scheme as well as 12... (more)

Metra commuter train 918 crosses the lift bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River as it nears the end of its journey on the Heritage Corridor Line from Joliet to downtown Chicago's Union... (more)

(D705) A Daily Detroit to Grand Rapids rolls over the Thornapple River in Grand Rapids Michigan with really good Fall color all around

Storms build in the east as an empty BNSF coal train heads back for another load as it passes over Carlyle Lake.

UP 4014 comes across the Mississippi River after leaving Scott City, greeting fans as it makes its way across the breath-taking trestle.

UP Steam Excursion 2021: UP #4014 Crosses the Big Muddy River

G41 heads south down the IHB Mainline making it’s short trip from CP’s Bensenville Yard to UP’s Proviso Yard. The motive power for the mornings train is the usual pair of SD40N’s, UP 1756 ... (more)

After working the yard in Joliet, L CHI105 is well on its way to Galesburg as it crosses Elwood's Jackson Creek on a rainy afternoon. Leading the way is BNSF GP39M #2816. The 2816 was built in 196... (more)

A pair of Amtrak P42's pull down out of the yard at the 18th Street Shops, putting together a trainset for a night departure. The train is crossing the Chicago River on a lift bridge and diverges ... (more)

Amtrak’s Texas Eagle #21 heads south over the Kankakee River on the UP Joliet Subdivision with 2 P42DC’s, #’s 59 and 61. The Wilmington Goose Association poses for the photo while the train ... (more)

TP&W power waits on the bridge at P&PU Jct. while the westbound road train (1/4 mile behind me) switches it's inbound into the East Peoria yard. If the train passes the yard limit sign, it exits ... (more)

A pair of SD40-2’s shove one of BNSF’s ‘Joliet locals’ (train Y-JOL202) based out of Joliet Yard. Seen here shoving its train up the ‘59 lead’ and over the wooden bridge over Grant Cre... (more)

NRG’s Will County Generating Station in Romeoville, IL owns 2 EMD SD20 locomotive’s. Those SD20's are used to deliver coal trains in and out of the plant that Union Pacific delivers to them. O... (more)

On the morning of April 24, 1988, an eastbound Santa Fe freight crosses the wide Mississippi River from Fort Madison, Iowa, into Illinois on an impressive multi-span deck and truss bridge built in... (more)