The sun has finally dipped below the horizon as BNSF 1755, a Bluebonnet SD40-2 puts the throttle into notch 8 as they thunder into the sunset westbound out of Joliet for Blodgett.

CSX 3194 brings out many crowds as it leads UP UEXCDG on the UP Geneva Subdivision, seen here heading west through La Fox.

One thing that I never thought I would be photographing under the DeKalb coaling tower. For the past few months foreign leaders have been able to lead on the UP Geneva Sub due to no more cab signa... (more)

Y-JOL202 heads out of Joliet in last light with BNSF 1755, a Bluebonnet SD40-2 still wearing it’s Santa Fe colors leading. Seen here passing the historic Union Station and UD Tower, and on ‘ho... (more)

The A-B-A set of Burlington Northern executives kicks off Diesel Days 2022 as they lead the 11:30 coach past East Switch.

The Two Harbors turn heads over a small trestle in Palmers as they head north to Two Harbors on a haze’ and humid morning.

TCWR 2014 leads a incredibly late St. Paul turn underneath the searchlights at CP Hoffman finally arriving at Pigs Eye Yard.

Amtrak 58 makes its arrival into Chicago with a B40-8W leading a broken down ALC-42.

Temperatures rapidly drop below 0° and windchills much colder while Amtrak’s southbound Texas Eagle does all of trackspeed past the Lockport depot during a snowstorm that brought in a major col... (more)

V-TACLPC crosses the DuPage River on New Years Eve 2022 with a H1 C44-9W, BNSF 1045 leading the way.

On a foggy afternoon, H BRCGAL1 03A sweeps through Downtown Mendota with a fakebonnet scheme C44-9W at the point.

An eastbound Lafayette-bound grain train of 50 loads heads east into the small community of Otterbein, IN with two KBSR GP38-2’s at point.

In some very low visibility fog, after waiting for Amtrak 4 to clear the diamond, UP’s Troy Grove Job is back underway as they head south out of Earlville.

The UP Troy Grove Job arrives at it’s destination of Troy Grove as they prepare to head under the I-39/US-51 overpass heading into town. With not much options left for photos in the chase, this ... (more)

2 - 3” inches of snow and 50 MPH winds over the Christmas Holiday weekend have scattered snow drifts all over the Union Pacific’s Troy Grove Subdivision. The Troy Grove Job has made it’s fir... (more)