Operating on The Bug Line, MSC 49-5601 prepares to deliver 4 empties to the CN. The lone coal car has been sitting in that same location for years now, facing an uncertain future. With the Romeovi... (more)

Q198 heads south across Bridge 198 with a GTW heritage unit leading the way, solo.

On a beautiful evening, Y JOL202 thunders across Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side. A veteran SD40-2, still wearing Santa Fe Bluebonnet paint, leads the way.

#3 is strolling right along through Lyons with 13 recently dumped empties.

GP38-2 #2284, still wearing classic Burlington Northern Cascade green, leads the way up the West Chicago Branch in Batavia.

Paralleling Canal Bank Road, SW1 #3 hauls its train back to the plant in Stickney.

With the morning dump complete, 70 year old CSDX SW1 #3 brings its train out to the main to prepare its run around. The John Deere escavator, which assisted in the dump, waits to head back to its ... (more)

A pair of CSX SD70MACe's are in charge of westbound train B844 as they await permission from the dispatcher to proceed at East Curtis. On the NS side of things, a westbound vehicle train is highba... (more)

Bluebonnet GP60 169 and Smurfed GP38-2 2042 lead their pickup out of Suncast in Batavia. They will now begin the short trip through the forest and back to their train on the West Chicago Branch.

A UP SD60 and a UP SD40N shove a cut of stack cars into Global 4. The leader, #2182, has been assigned to Global 4 for over three years now and is primarily used at the south end, as seen here.

With a veteran Bluebonnet SD40-2 leading the way, Y JOL202 hustles west through CP Plaines at track speed. #1755 has managed to elude the paint shop despite being underway in 2023, quite a feat if... (more)

A Bluebonnet GP60 and a Smurfed GP38-2 team up to lead the R CHI452 back home to Eola on the West Chicago Branch. They are seen passing Lippold Park in Batavia on a perfect afternoon.

It's true. Shit really does roll downhill. Here's an up close and personal look at the "dumping process", at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's dryin... (more)

My final farewell to the Kansas City Southern took place this morning as a pair of Southern Belles hustle east across the Kankakee River in Lorenzo, closing in on the final destination of Logistic... (more)

The little switcher that could! On a beautiful Spring morning, CSDX #3 is in charge of 13 empties from the drying fields of Willow Springs. Bound for the plant in nearby Stickney, the train... (more)