Ex ATSF 688 leads today's Belt Ry. of Chicago - Galesburg Manifest.

UP CWESMH detour coal train heads West on the CN Freeport Sub during a small break in the clouds. (Still waiting for the over/under money shot)

IC 6013 leads WC 6594 West out of Hawthorne yard just as the sun sets

An eastbound empty rushes toward the city on main 3 as a loaded express high balls west on main two. (Photo taken literally 6 min before the sun hit the horizon)

IC 6030 leads repainted 6129 on the daily Eastbound manifest.

Light power lead by Dash 8 8638 gets shuffled around the yard.

IAIS 717, 700, 715, 701, 716, 721, and 702 sit crewless as the sun sets over Blue Island.

IAIS 717 and 6 others pull a cut of cars out of Burr Oaks to make a double. He eventually departed with 7 GP38-2's online and 103 cars.

IAIS 711 shoves a lengthy string of mostly grain cars down the IHB main towards Riverdale yard.

IAIS 715, garnished with a fairly uncommon Prime 920 air horn, passes some fall foilage on its journey toward the big city.

IAIS 721, 16, and 01 are in charge of an extra Eastbound through New Lenox. The train was made up of ethanol cars bound for the NS in Chicago, the two sand cars up front are there as buffers.

NS 6721 leads IC 9568 West toward the IHb connection on E249.

Light power heads for the "barn."

Another day for strange power on E249, a repainted ex CR SD60I and a IC GP38-2. The IC GP38 replaced a CEFX SD40-2 that they had to set out in Hawthorne Yard due to burnt traction motors.

For once a Heritage 1 Dash 9 leads the daily Chicago-South Seattle Z train.