IC 1018, an Illinois Central SD70 still painted in the "Deathstar" scheme, leads CN M338 past a small railroad-themed park in Elmhurst, IL on a frigid January night.

Every visit to Chicagoland often ended along the "Racetrack" in Cicero for the last relaxing images before boarding the plane back home and almost every visit was disrupted by something ... (more)

A quartet of Canadian National locomotives lead manifest freight M388 eastbound as it crosses over Spring Creek and approaches Jesup, Iowa. This freight is starting its journey towards Gary, India... (more)

NS 7302, a relatively rare SD70ACu visitor from out east, leads CN M338 past a tiny railroad-themed park in Elmhurst, IL.

CSXT 4582 (SD70MAC) leads a CSX C40-8W on CN M338 through Burlington, IL.

CN M338 passes through Galena, IL, with 18 Dash 8 models in tow, coming out of storage in Council Bluffs, IA and now on their way to meet a Canadian scrapper.

A pair of Illinois Central "Deathstar" SD70s, led by IC 1026, leads CN M338 through Hillside, IL. This pair had previously gone west on M337 on July 4th.

IC 1032 (SD70) leads CN M338 past the former depot (now township office) in Burlington, IL. Good to see an IC unit ply the rails of this ex-Illinois Central line!

The Illinois Central called. They want their line back! Illinois Central SD70’s have found their way back on the old IC Freeport Division. Snow begins to fall on a late night while M338 treks... (more)

It's a late fall afternoon along the Mississippi as a quartet of CN locomotives east into the yard in Dubuque, Iowa with manifest freight M338 in tow after a run across Iowa from Waterloo. The tra... (more)

CN M338 passes by the former depot (now a township office) in Burlington, IL, led by a CSX YN2 AC4400CW.

CN freight M338 rolls through Hillside, IL with a duo of Ferromex SD70ACes leading a CN SD75I and CN Dash 9.

A brief suckerhole of sun opens up underneath stormy skies as CN manifest freight M338 cruises through Farley, Iowa as it makes its run east from Waterloo.

CN manifest freight M338 climbs the roller coaster grade into Winthrop, Iowa alongside Iowa's 220th Street. The train is on former Illinois Central trackage as it runs from Waterloo to Gary, India... (more)

A quartet of CN locomotives leads manifest M338 as it departs from Waterloo, Iowa and rolls through the rollercoaster of track on the east side of town, with several hogbacks on this former IC tra... (more)