A lone NS loco brings beautiful brand new agricultural equipment through Blue Island Junction on its way to Blue Island Yard.
A brand new recruit to the Chicago Rail Link #5100 switches out Burr Oak Yard with veteran GP35 #2501. #5100 is an ex-CNW GP50 complete with a nose bell and Prime-920 airhorn and looks very sha... (more)
An aging CSX Dash 8 leads a manifest train through Blue Island Illinois on a warm October day.
Union Pacific #5707 beings the "Chilled Express" train into Blue Island Illinois.
UP #4660 and four other units run "elephant" style through Blue Island.
A pair of Iowa Interstate GEVO's make a reverse move through Blue Island so that they can pick up their cars from IHB's riverdale yard.
707 miles at home and I cant get away from this crap. Came here hoping for IHB action but got this and not a whole lot else in 5 hours. Should've gone to Franklin Park, captain hindsight to the re... (more)
A pair of Iowa Interstate GP38-2's spend the day idling away on a side track at Blue Island. Not sure what they were doing parked here but atleast something to shoot.
A trio of CN EMD's leads an intermodal train through Blue Island junction. This would be just one of two CN trains I would see that day, on the whole Blue Island was pretty disappointing train and... (more)
The "David P. Morgan" leads two rebuilt GP7's on the Blue Island service tracks in October 1976.
NS 4271 takes the CREATE across the Cal Sag Channel and through Blue Island Interlocking.
An eastbound BNSF manifest freight train passing through Blue Island, IL.
Metra 410 makes a station stop at Blue Island during the Rock Island Metra rush hour
CSX #7876 heads south through Blue Island Illinois on a nice fall day.
As CN 5667 enters Blue island Jct. Iowa Interstate 506 can be seen heading back to Blue Island Station.