Geeps bring the Chicago-Kansas City train out of Springfield on a cold, gray day. This track and the parallel ex-Wabash main were reconfigured/rerouted in the 1990s to reduce auto/train conflicts... (more)

CN train L572 (Flat Rock, MI - Detriot, MI turn) pauses under the "Double Arches" on the CN Dearborn Sub before shoving back into the NS yard to double its train.

With greens till Gilman, CNs A407 job ducks under the town of Paxton with a pair of IC SD70s right at home. Paxton is the only town on the Chicago sub that features zero crossings in the downtown ... (more)

What was once a grand interlocking system, controlled by a manned tower, has now dwindled down to an abandoned relic aside a grain elevator. Nice to see snapshots of the old IC still standing tall... (more)

After getting fooled by a different northbound an hour beforehand, CNs A407 job rips through the small town of Ludlow, IL, a half hour north of Champaign, IL. Each small town along the IC has some... (more)

On the evening of Mothers Day, CNs A407 job breaks the calm silence of Chebanse, IL, to which, they’ll decelerate into the tiny yard in Otto. Big fan of the small town feel beneath the gazebo as... (more)

Deadline at the former Illinois Central Markham Yard

These tracks have seen more plentiful days, though they are a reliable source for catching CN's fallen flags. On this day the Illinois Central leads the Grand Trunk and EJ&E

After getting a recrew at Champaign Road in Taylor, Michigan, CN L572 is back on the move south over the Dearborn Sub. The iconic concrete arches still standing from Ford's electrified section of ... (more)

A pair of Illinois Central SD70's are in charge of CN local L572 as it heads south down the Dearborn Sub, crossing over M-39 in Allen Park, Michigan. The Dearborn Sub is home to the concrete caten... (more)

CN train L572 (Flat Rock, MI - Detriot, MI turn) works its way southbound on the ex DT&I "Arch Line" with a pair of ex Illinois Central SD70s for power. These arches were constructed in ... (more)

A good collection of power congregates at Joliet Yard on April Fools day 2021 including sequential numbered IC SD70's: IC 1026, 1027, & 1028.

IC 1028 leads the L509 at County Line Road in a scene that lacks very much color but spring is here and that should change soon.

IC 1003 works the south end of Joliet Yard on a nice early fall day.

Late season snowfall blankets the ground but has already begun to melt in the sun as CN U702 cruises south through Conneautville, Pennsylvania on the Bessemer Sub. An all black consist of three IC... (more)