The old Lehigh Valley #273 will turn 71 years old in September. Showing obvious heritage from previous owner Conrail, she now spends her days working for Maryland Pig Iron of Illinois in Chicago's... (more)

A meet occurs on the IHB in Riverdale as an eastbound IHB 515 Job meets the westbound CF&E road freight. Leading the 515 Job is an ES44AC that was recently purchased by the CN. It still wears its ... (more)

M347 rolls north across the DuPage River in Plainfield. Leading the way is CN ET44AC 3023, the EJ&E heritage unit. 347 originates at Kirk Yard in Gary, IN and runs to Prince George, BC.

X519 rolls north across the DuPage River in Plainfield with a pair of Geeps. The rolling stock today includes CN 911, a training safety tanker car. 911 has resided at the Joliet Yard for a few yea... (more)

The Y JOL202 is down to two units as it heads west across the old Rock Island at UD Tower. Bluebonnet GP50 3167 remains in the lead, followed by Heritage 1 SD40-2 1842. The Cascade green SD40-2 wa... (more)

A Q CHISTO train from Corwith Yard (with a Y CHI107 crew aboard) heads west across the Kankakee River in Lorenzo. Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP60 #167 leads the way on its home rails. It hasn't escaped t... (more)

IHB 1502, 4021 and 2021 prepare to shove their last three cars over the hump at Blue Island Yard in Riverdale. All three units wear the IHB's updated retro scheme.

Bridge 198 feels the weight of northbound train M301 as the BC Rail heritage unit heads out of town, crossing the Des Plaines River in Joliet.

At every bit of track speed, LSF54 passes by the Ocoya Co-Op, a few miles south of downtown Pontiac. The former SP 9758 leads the way on this partly sunny March afternoon. After years of Union Pac... (more)

After switching Hoffman Transportation, Dow Chemical and Prairie Creek, LSF54 hustles back south to Bloomington. With a GP60 that still wears classic Southern Pacific paint leading the charge, the... (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.

Just west of Blodgett Road, Y JOL202 shines in the golden evening light as it slowly approaches the 51 Lead near I-55. The ATSF/BN/BNSF H1 combo remains in tact.

Y JOL202 has been the "go to" train lately on the Chillicothe Sub. On this sunny afternoon, we see it making its way west through CP "Joliet US" with Cascade green and Heritage... (more)

Making the transition from the CN Chicago Sub to the Matteson Sub, Q116 makes way for Flint, MI with a pair of IC deathstar SD70's. We're used to seeing IC SD70's in local service around the Chica... (more)

Expecting the Cascade green and H1 SD40's (trailing units) that have been powering Y JOL202 lately, we were treated to a nice surprise in the form of Santa Fe painted GP50 #3167 leading the way. I... (more)