With an MOW crew working one of the switches at the west end of Proctor Yard, loaded ore train U717 slows to a crawl behind lead unit IC 6252. The train eases past the work zone and proceeds towar... (more)

An ICG eastbound detours over the former Wabash in western Missouri.

IC 1028 leads a trio of IC SD70's under the BLE cantilever at Kelsey, Pa.

The sun is shining on a March morning as former Illinois Central SD40-3 6252, still wearing the "death star" paint scheme, leads loaded ore train U717 through the s-curve just south of C... (more)

The morning rain has finally subsided as loaded ore train U702 makes its way south on the CN owned Bessemer behind a trio of big EMD's. The trains slows as it pass through the Kremis control point... (more)

A late running L509 rolls southbound down the Illinois River line at Caton Farm Road on a cold sunny afternoon.

Power for the L509 stands by in Joliet Yard as the crew comes on duty to begin their work in the yard and depart for the trip down to Morris.

Illinois Central 1025 Leads the trio of Deathstar SD70 locomotives along with 2 CP SD9043Macs and a UP SD4093mac headed to Mayfield KY to be in the CP ACu program.

My friends and I had hoped to see M371, led by IC 1010, going south through Rantoul or Paxton, IL before the sun set. However, it wasn't until the south end of the siding at Onarga that we found ... (more)

Helpers.

A trio of SD70's in the Illinois Central "Deathstar" scheme lead a southbound Bessemer ore train. The signals are green at Sandy Junction for a run over the high line towards Kremis for a recrew.

For just over a year now, IC SD70's have been on this local and today is no different. IC 1005 and IC 1020 are in charge of the local to Morris on this beautiful morning.

A former Illinois Central SD40-3 is on the point of loaded taconite train U717 as it makes its way into Proctor Yard, slowly passing the MOW crew working on the adjacent track.

Loaded taconite pellet train U717 behind an Illinois Central SD40-3 and two repainted DMIR tunnel motors runs towards the port in Duluth. The tracks run alongside Saginaw Road through Grand Lake, ... (more)