A scene all too familiar in this part of the country, these old concrete grain elevators loom tall above the rails they serve. Danforth stands as no different, as they compliment this northbound m... (more)

In the crisp summer morning sun, a pair of Illinois Central SD70s sporting the “Deathstar” scheme drag a long train of manifest from Memphis up towards Chicago. The leader is particularly appe... (more)

Within the evening hours, a pair of IC SD70s rumble north towards downtown Chicago with a yard transfer for CNs Glenn Yard.

In the final hours of sunlight, CNs Kirk to Glenn yard transfer rumbles along the lakefront with a pair of Illinois Central SD70s for power.

IC SD70 #1000 leads CN Train A407 northbound through the small town of Buckley, IL.

IC SD70 #1000 leads CN Train A407 northbound through Thomasboro, IL.

A pair of IC SD70s lead A407 across the cross the CSX main to St Louis and pass by the Amtrak depot at Effingham.

A407 heads north through Watson, IL with a pair of IC SD70s.

About 30 minutes after departing Centralia, A407 screams north through the small town of Farina, IL.

A407 departs Centralia just a few minutes before sunrise with a pair of IC SD70s doing the honors.

Chicago’s Iconic Tunnels. CN train L536 crawls through Downtown Chicago with IC 1000, the “class unit” IC SD70 leading a CN SD75I and SD70M-2. They are seen here tip toeing under the ... (more)

An early L536 pops out of the McCormick Place as it makes It’s way past 31st Street in Chicago with IC SD70 1000 leading a CN SD75I and CN SD70M-2. Normally, this local gets held up a lot. Betwe... (more)

An early morning L509 makes It’s trek down the Illinois River Subdivision with a pair of IC SD70s, 1000 and 1034, as they arrive at East Morris to serve Aux Sable and Equistar. My Athearn Genesi... (more)

IC SD70 1000 leads CN L515 East around the Gary/Chicago airport. The trailing 4 units are dead and drained and their future is unknown, but likely not looking very bright.

IC 1000, 1029, 3138 and 3108 lead Glenn-Kirk L536 around the curve in Matteson, exiting the Chicago Sub and approaching the Matteson Sub. The two trailing GP40R's spent quite some time assigned to... (more)