B67X with the CP 2239 is seen crossing the Rock River in Byron on the old CG&W with a hot n heavy load for the nuke plant south of town.

Santa Fe’s 791 train flies across the Illinois Route 17 overpass between Ancona and Reading, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 15, 1993.

X342 is southbound on the old WC, as it passes over Route 45 in Mundelein with a CSX SD40-2/C40-8W combo. Just up the line, the train will hop onto the J to continue its trip.

A TP&W eastbound, behind a SD40 and three GP50's, starts it's grind out of the Illinois River valley.

A pair of Heritage 1 Dash 9's make for a nice catch as they lead a vehicle train over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal in McCook. The train is in the process of exiting the BNSF Chillicothe Sub a... (more)

A Tulsa, OK, bound freight train roll across the 741 foot long Media bridge with a squeaky clean leader. The bridge was replaced in 2018, replacing the one built in 1910. The new bridge doesn't ha... (more)

An extra Y JOL202 hustles west over Jackson Creek in Elwood with the fan favorite trio that's been ping ponging back and forth between Channahon and Joliet the past week.

What looks like a Union Pacific train from the 1980's is actually an Alton & Southern transfer job. The A&S "102" typically runs a turn between Gateway Yard and UP's 12th Street Yard in... (more)

Airline Empties. On December 4, 2019, BNSF Railway 8420 (SD70ACe, EMD) leads an empty coal train across the St. Charles Air Line in Chicago, Illinois. Chartered in 1852 as the Chicago, St. ... (more)

A pair of Illinois Central SD70's stroll across Bubbly Creek, making way across the Chicago & Alton Railroad bridge at CP Bridgeport. Constructed in 1908, the bridge was designated a Chicago landm... (more)

The Pepsi can schemed P42 shoves the City of New Orleans over the Pennsy lift bridge, shortly after crossing 21st Street. The train is completing the last leg of the journey to Chicago Union Stati... (more)

H BRCGAL heads west over the Fox River in Aurora, led by an old school Heritage 1 Dash 9.

Shortly after hitting the diamonds with the old Rock Island, Q116 makes its way across the muddy Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side.

Exiting the Pequot Branch in the unincorporated community of Mazonia, LSF54 slows to a stop over the Mazon River to allow the conductor and brakeman to make way to the head end. Leading the way is... (more)

A pair of Illinois Central deathstars lead the way of L509 as they cross Interstate 80 on the way into Minooka. Enroute from Joliet Yard to East Morris, the two veterans will spend the day working... (more)