One of the last westbound Texas Eagles to run on the current schedule is heading abnormally slow through Lemont today. To the left of the engine is Canal Street, and Petersons Hardware, and awesom... (more)
Heading west, the 5178 emerges from the famed bridge over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Two GTW geep 9Rs power the CN Joliet local. Unfortunately, 4615 was sporting a brand new coat of CN pain.
The conductor of this CN local climbs back aboard after closing the switch to the KA Steel facility. It's not very often you see two geep 9s together, especially on a class 1!
A snowy and brutally-cold morning couldn't keep me from getting some good snow shots. But I did spend most of the time in the car with the heater on.
Temperature nearly zero.
ATSF 111 leading a GP60M-B-M set heads west in a near-blizzard, roaring through Lemont, just 25 miles into its journey to California.
ATSF 540 heads west with a "Q" train through Lemont, having just begun its journey.
Even in 1992, it became increasingly unusual to catch a solid set of Yellowbonnets on this high-speed, high density line. Outbound from Chicago, ATSF 3833 is trailed by a GP40X and another GP50 c... (more)
METX 117 pulls into Lemont. Today's rush on the Heritage Corridor went off without a hitch. Yesterday, train 21 whacked a semi-trailer and derailed east of here.
A BN SD60M rolls west on the Chilli Sub with an auto rack train, a nice break from the usual parade of dash 9s.
The private car special from Chicago to Joliet and back curves through downtown Lemont on a beautiful spring evening.
Relatively new and exciting in 1992, 3 GP60Ms lead a Q train out of Chicago.
The Illinois Central local, complete with caboose, moves southwest through Lemont, IL.