A BNSF Geometry Train crosses the Crescent Bridge after wying on the Davenport side of the Mississippi River for the return trip to Galesburg.

A CSX SW1500 leads the local on the former Kankakee & Seneca trackage over the Illinois River.

Fresh from rebuild, Metra 181 races over the Des Plaines River and is about to call at Riverside (Zoo) Station on an all stations service to Aurora.

UP 8031 leads ZCIBP east across the Kankakee River.

BNSF 5540 leads a westbound intermodal over the since-replaced Media trestle.

CSS 2005 rounds the bend powering his train north out of Burnham, Illinois and into Chicago, Illinois territory. The bridge in the background, known as Big Blue, was recently put in a few years ag... (more)

The busy hustle and bustle of the windy city makes for some fantastic meets. Here, an outbound Metra departs Ogilvie Transportation Center while an inbound rounds the curve to Union Station

UP train MDUPB-22 rolls down the Chester Sub. with the UP4141/1943 duo in the consist. The units are on their way to the 4th stop of their display tour; Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

UP 1948 leads a westbound grain empties train on a beautiful November day over the Fox River.

Metra F40PHM-2 #209 shoves an inbound morning scoot east towards LaSalle St Station, flying high above the Norfolk Southern mainline across the Englewood Flyover. This image demonstrates why the ... (more)

CN 2916 leads L503 over BI Jct.

A pair of GP38-2s haul empty sand hoppers to Chillicothe for loading.

METX 409 hustles southbound over Hickory Creek.

NKP 765 leads the Joliet Rocket over Cermak Road in Chicago as seen from the CTA Cermak/Chinatown platform. A outbound Metra meets the 765 in the meantime.

It's the first day of operations on Illinois' newest shortline railroad, the Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad. Owned by Watco, this line operates on CSX's former Decatur Subdivision and Danvill... (more)