55 years ago on January 21st, at approximately 2:50 am, the last North Shore trains reached their destinations of Milwaukee and Chicago for the last time. This ended many years of interurban servi... (more)
IC 2024 hits the diamond in Sullivan, IL in June of 1993. Arriving at the diamond just before a NRHS fantrip with UP 3985, the long grain train took almost 15 minutes to cross the diamond, causing... (more)
Sometimes you have to play the hand you are dealt. The weather is horrible, but when you are chasing a rare locomotive, it sometimes doesn't matter. WC's rare SDL39 #590 (ex-MILW) leads a short tr... (more)