BNSF GEVO’s pull an eastbound autorack through Blue Island, Illinois.

CSX i016 heads east through Blue Island.

A solo Tier 4 GEVO leads a long train through Blue Island

CSX 5480 leads a stack train East through Blue Island/

At Ancona, Illinois, the former Santa Fe main line makes a long right hand curve westward through town. On April 26, 1997, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train flies over the ... (more)

Metra was in the process of moving two Charter private cars from Chicago Union Station to LaSalle Street. Seen here crossing Hickory Creek on Joliet's east side, NIRC 8 is in charge. #8 was built ... (more)

A westbound Norfolk Southern local, powered by EMD GP38AC No. 4120, crosses a bridge over the Embarras River between Philo and Tolono, Illinois, on October 11, 1995.

Kicking off September with some Cascade Green on the Transcon, as a late L-CHI105 thunders over the Des Planes River with GP39E 2740, H1 GP60B 334 and H4 SD40-2 1680.

A pair of Union Pacific EMD's lead a local as it skirts Chicago O'Hare International Airport and crosses over Irving Park Road in Bensenville, Illinois and heads towards Proviso Yard. In the backg... (more)

The BCOL heritage unit has made a couple round trips to Iowa in late 2021. The unit is now eastbound on the 2nd ethanol trip to the CSX bound for Alabama. Here 2 AC's buzz along pulling 11,000 ton... (more)

Making its way over the Rock River in Colona, QJ 6988 advances up to the junction, where it'll wait for a BNSF to pass before continuing on to Bureau.

The one daily Illinois River Subdivision train, CN L509 crosses over a fairly busy Interstate 80 into Minooka with two original Illinois Central SD70’s just before the approach to work Aux Sable... (more)

In what could be described as one of its most awkward assignments yet, the Norfolk & Western heritage unit leads the way of BNSF's Hodgkins-Galesburg L CHI105. It's seen making its way west throug... (more)

A407 crawls over the Kankakee River, preparing to work Kankakee Yard with a pair of pure Illinois Central SD70’s.

BRC 560 and 561 shove into Commercial Avenue Yard, after taking headroom on "The District." The South Chicago Job is just about always dominated by lease power, so it was nice to see some Belt pow... (more)