A couple of rapid transit cars roll back towards the museum and past a semaphore signal during IRM's 2022 Showcase Weekend.

IRM's Commonwealth Edison electric locomotive #4 leads the photo freight past a semaphore during IRM's 2022 Showcase Weekend.

Eastbound BNSF grain train G-CRKBRC rolls through Chana, IL on BNSF's Aurora Subdivision led by an ex-Seaboard SD40-2 and two C40-8Ws.

CN 3069, the Wisconsin Central heritage unit, leads CN train A491 past the former EJ&E depot in Lake Zurich, IL.

CSX 9014 (C40-9W), still in YN2 paint, is wasting no time as it speeds through Nelson, IL with a westbound ethanol train, as the first hints of sunlight start to peak out on the horizon on this co... (more)

KCS 4009, a Kansas City Southern SD70ACe dubbed the "Saluting KCS Heroes" unit, leads an empty UP grain train bound for Evansville, WI past the Rochelle Railroad Park. The unit, per KCS,... (more)

In the town of Hampshire, IL is a restored Firestone gas station, which I figured could make a good foreground to frame CP 183, which on this day sported KCS "Grey Ghost" 4569, with a KC... (more)

A 5+ hour late Empire Builder slowly rolls out of the station in Glenview, IL, with two of the Phase VI ALC-42 Charger locomotives leading the way.

IC 1011, an Illinois Central SD70 still painted in the black "Death Star" paint scheme, leads CN intermodal Q116 south through Barrington, IL.

CP 183, a stack train originating in Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico to Bensenville, IL, rolls through Leaf River, IL with two KCSM units in charge. The train is testing transit times between the two af... (more)

Amtrak 130, the railroad's 40th Anniversary "Phase II" locomotive, races towards Chicago with the eastbound Carl Sandburg, as Metra's vintage CB&Q Fairview Ave depot looks on.

Metra 405, the Milwaukee Road heritage unit, leads an outbound train under the old Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan in Chicago, sans the old signal heads.

Amtrak 160, fresh from a roughly 1 1/2 month stint in the Chicago shops, leads the westbound Empire Builder out of Chicago and under the old Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan. This ... (more)

In the small town of Manteno, IL is the Manteno Post 755 Legion Park, which pays tribute to our veterans. At the front of the park are a couple of decommissioned U.S. Army rockets, which provide t... (more)

KCS 4107 (SD70ACe) leads a very short 37 car CP 470 past the old searchlights in Sturtevant, WI.