At Blue Island, Illinois, there are four large bridges that span the Calumet-Saganashkee Channel. On a cold January 18th, 2016, BNSF train Q-FTMCXO3-16, a Guaranteed Service Intermodal, which ori... (more)
Iowa Interstate Blue Island to Council Bluffs road train is pulling out of former Rock Island yards passing Vermont Ave Station.
IAIS 718 backs over the Cal Sag Channel at Blue Island Junction.
NIRC SW1 1, the oldest operating diesel in revenue service outside of a museum in the country, heads light past the Blue Island electric depot.
Eastbound CNW to BOCT transfer passing through Blue Island crossing from IHB main to BOCT main headed for B&O yard
Eastbound transfer run Blue Island
Westbound transfer run Blue Island
A Blue Island-Norpaul transfer heads north through Blue Island Junction with a GP38-2/SD38-2 combo.
The "Wheel Job" brings a few bilevels down the main. Veteran NIRC 1 would then shove back to make a drop off. Built as the IC 9016 in December 1938, she's still earning her keep!
A set of new Metra electric M.Us heads for its final stop of the evening at Blue Island
About to make the move from IHB to CSX, DME 6367 hits the diamonds at Blue Island Junction with CP train 686.
UP 7871 leads a long cut of covered hoppers bound for IHB's Blue Island Yard over the Little Calumet River in Blue Island, IL.
Iowa 516, the new 30th anniversary unit, sits in Blue Island on the IHB with BISW.
Metra SW1500 4 pulls a dead F40PH-2 past the historic Rock Island depot in Blue Island.
Running on CSX's recently purchased former GTW, a eastbound CSX intermodal passes the closed gate tower and a old GTW searchlight signal in Blue Island. I'm sure it's just a matter of time until t... (more)
