Illinois Central SD70's usually dominate the CN local trains around Chicagoland these days. You won't hear any complaints here, but it is sometimes nice to see the older 4 axle power get a chance ... (more)

Many people in the Savanna area wait patiently for the Holiday train to pull in for a 2:15 show. Was good to see the train come back to the Midwest this year. The train will head to Davenport and ... (more)

Now that spring has come, CN has gotten a bunch of their SD70's back together again for the Iowa trains in and out of Kirk Yard back in 2023. Here a very small 338 heads out of Dubuque bound for ... (more)

Once the BNSF Merger took over, the railroad scrambled to find power to run trains. It was a railfan's paradise to see some of the kit bash consist the railroad put together. Probably a consist of... (more)

A CSX freight out of Barr Yard begins the trek down the UP Villa Grove Sub at Dalton. The train is about to pass thru Yard Center as it passes CP I016-144th Street. CSX trains bound for Danville o... (more)

Nice set of different geeps stroll thru Galesburg enroute to Chicago. Scanned Slide from February 1996.

Neat to remember the set of geep hauling ass with high priority freight. A 4-pack set of yellow and blues marches west at Yost on the Chilli Sub with the New York to LA Q-train. The train will pas... (more)

An eastbound junker has just knocked down the eastbound signal at GI out the west side of Galesburg on the Chillicothe Sub. The standard 90s consist of 4-4axle blue and yellows lead the charge.

On the C&I, a train meet, is going down at Burke Siding east of Savanna. The crew of train #4, has a good view as #7 rolls into the siding. The GTW 5901 has a fresh coat of paint as it tags along ... (more)

I mainly did the Aurora Sub for my backyard photography growing up. That meant getting C30-7s wasn't too common for me. Those units mainly stayed on coal trains and, for me, were on the Southern I... (more)

Looks like coal power that went to Peoria is now in other duties as assigned. The power is heading back to Galesburg on an X97 with freight out of Peoria. The train passes the old elevator at Maqu... (more)

May 10th, 2024. An inbound Metra train is reaching its final destination of Union Station as it pops out from underneath the Roosevelt Road overpass. The F40PHM-2s "Winnebagos" are a sta... (more)

A GTW sd40 in CN paint, drags the city of New Orleans into downtown Chicago after the charger suffered electrical issues.

Within the evening hours, a pair of IC SD70s rumble north towards downtown Chicago with a yard transfer for CNs Glenn Yard.

Rushing into the evening sun, an outbound rush set climbs out of CP Morgan with a rebuilt 70MACH up front.