IC 1015 leads a mixed freight South at Saginaw.

Repainted IC 1002 leads CN L509 south through Plainfield.

The harvest is complete and its that time of year where everything looses its color in the area as winter approaches. IC 1020 leads the L509 approaching Minooka on election day 2020.

IC 1007 and IC 1035 are in charge of the L515 as it departs Markham Yard en-route to Gary Indiana.

A trio of Illinois Central SD70's round the bend with a string of empty ore hoppers as they head into the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio at the north end of the Bessemer Sub. The train will pass through... (more)

A pair of IC SD70s, the leader still wearing its black livery, cruise south with L509 on Election Day 2020.

IC SD70's are still holding strong in the Chicagoland area working on various locals around the region.

A trio of Illinois Central SD70's lead an ore train southbound through the Sandy control point at KO Junction in Osgood, Pennsylvania. The loaded train is taking the High Line to bypass Greenville... (more)

Up flying with the birds as the IC 1020 leads the L509 south through Plainfield Illinois.

A standard cab leader rattles the diamonds in Marion on an early spring evening. A few years back 117 was a reliable late afternoon/early evening mixed freight that often had good leaders.

IC 1027 takes the afternoon off on a beautiful fall day.

Running on an inverted schedule, the southbound B&LE ore train makes an appearance at Russelton shortly after sunrise. This would be one of the last runs with the IC trio before the big CN DPU pow... (more)

Power for the L509 is tied up for the day at Joliet Yard.

CN A40891 rolls south into Mattoon, IL with a matching set of IC painted EMD SD70's as it passes in front of the Mattoon Amtrak station that still proudly displays the Illinois Central name.

A 1993-built standard cab SD70 is passing under the PA Route 72 twin bridges in Lebanon. Note the "bloody bucket" symbol to the left of the locomotive, incorporated into the design of t... (more)