With the sun starting to swing to the west, Iowa Interstates Peoria to Silvis train cruises through Mineral with two newly reactivated SD38-2 locomotives up front.

On a hot summer evening, BICB sits tied down at Silvis with a trusty SD38-2 and a GEVO while they wait for a crew to take it to Council Bluffs.

After picking up an empty coke train at the nearby Gary Works, EJ&E 669 and CN 5369 head into Kirk Yard. In the process, they pass by the classic roundhouse.

A pair of EJ&E SD38-2's slowly roll down home rails in East Chicago, Indiana. The two veterans are in charge of the Lakefront Local, headed back home to Kirk Yard after switching the port in Chica... (more)

Looking great in new paint, this unit, originally owned by Yankeetown Dock is back in business bringing up the end of a push-pull train returning to the prep plant on this line which connects wit... (more)

After a long haul up IAIS’s Peoria Sub, the early 2000s consist of newly reactivated SD38-2s, and a GP38, pull to a stop to flag a crossing aside this elevator, in the tiny town of Putnam.

Fresh after a 2 year hiatus in a storage, two of the four Iowa Interstate SD38-2 locomotives, along with a GP38, crawl over the Illinois River in Peoria with a long cut of grain & manifest traffic... (more)

Both of Indiana Harbor Belt’s to most favorited locomotives by railfans sit side by side at Blue Island Yard on the end of a Monday afternoon in Riverdale. IHB’s last SD38-2 still in service r... (more)

Thirty-Eights. On January 31, 2021, Indiana Harbor Belt 3861 (SD38-2) and 3801 (GP38-2) were crossing the Grand Calumet River in Calumet, East Chicago, Indiana during a nice snow storm. IHB... (more)

Looking right at home as its been many years since an EJE SD38-2 has lead a train down the Illinois River Line on a job that has been dominated by IC SD70's.

We missed a white Christmas by a few days, but the area received a few inches this afternoon. EJ&E 667 and IC 3123 are seen rolling down the hill in Joliet with the day's L521 from Kirk Yard. Phot... (more)

Walker Yard's 1500 West Tower beltpack job pulls a cut of cars out of the yard.

CN's 1500 Walker Yard West Tower beltpack job is performing switching duties with a former NAR SD38-2 on the point.

The afternoon West Tower beltpack is using 2 of CN's 3 remaining former NAR SD38-2s (they still have a few DMIR/BLE/EJE's kicking around too) as they shove a Herzog train into a track at Walker Ya... (more)

One of the 4 IAIS SD38-2’s on point IAIS 151, IAIS ES44AC 513 (Rock Island Heritage Unit) and IAIS GP38-2 711 wait for a crew on point of the Blue Island - CSX Barr Yard transfer (IAIS BICSX) a... (more)