After traversing the Mendota & Chicago subs during the day, NS takes control of coal loads for Detroit. Seen here snaking through downtown Chicago under the cover of darkness, with a BN 70mac up f... (more)

An almost matched Amtrak Midwest train heads out of the windy city with an Amfleet and Horizon car in the mix among the newer Siemens equipment.

Brand new 331 rests in the yard.

KCSM 4554 ("Grey Ghost" Ac4400CW) leads the charge solo on CPKC freight #254, seen here passing through Des Plaines, IL.

Due to a number of mechanical issues sidelining some of the SC44 Charger units, Amtrak 164, the Phase IV heritage unit, was called in to assist on the Hiawatha turns. Here it is seen (looking rela... (more)

EB freight. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

WB freight. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

The Capitol Limited departs Chicago with two new Charger locomotives, a baggage car and three Superliners.

After wintering on an industrial siding in Kolbe, Illinois, the BUGX F7's are on the move again, being handed off by the KJRY to the Tazewell & Peoria railroad. A TZPR SW10 shoves the 2 units tow... (more)

With a Proviso yard crew shuttling this train east, UPs MCLPR crawls into Wheaton with a rebuilt SD40, along with various Aces & GEs, in the lead.

With time for the crew running thin, UPs Clinton, IA to Proviso, IL manifest rumbles towards Metra territory, where they'd park up for a relief. Todays train was the talk of the town with a former... (more)

On an unseasonably warm winter morning, the stars would align for UPs Clinton, IA to Proviso, IL road train to feature a former C&NW workhorse SD40 taking the charge. Seen here ducking under its r... (more)

CN 3008, the Illinois Central heritage unit, leads CN M336 through the Spaulding Junction diamonds in Bartlett, IL. The unit had previously led CN A447 to Green Bay the day prior; power on that tr... (more)

A TP&W yard job pulls a cut of empty Incobrasa hoppers back to its East Peoria yard to be shuttled back east to the Inco elevator in Goodland, Indiana for reloading.

The CP 5597 (in my eyes that is) which is now serving the Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad leads FWCH on in @ Dolton. The unit is still wearing the Dual Flags scheme, retains its Nathan K3H... (more)