CP 7020, one of CPKC's military tribute SD70ACUs - this one wearing an Army green "temperate" scheme - trundles through Des Plaines, IL leading CPKC grain train 346.

CP 7022, CPKC's Navy tribute unit, rolls through Des Plaines, IL leading CPKC grain train 346 (which has some regular manifest tacked on the front today).

KCS 4040 (SD70ACe) leads a CP SD60-3, a KCSM "Grey Ghost" AC4400CW, and another KCS SD70ACe on a four-locomotive CPKC 346 grain train, seen here passing through Des Plaines, IL.

CP 8757, CPKC's "Every Child Matters" commemorative unit, leads a KCS GE on CPKC grain train 346 through Des Plaines, IL.

KCSM 4554 ("Grey Ghost" Ac4400CW) leads the charge solo on CPKC freight #254, seen here passing through Des Plaines, IL.

Metra 121, wrapped in Northwestern Medicine colors, leads a outbound train into Des Plaines.

CN 3151 (ES44AC) leads rival CPKC train 254 through Des Plaines, IL. Kind of interesting to catch CN power on these trains.

KCS 4596 (AC4400CW) leads Soo 4448 (one of the last active Soo GP38-2s on the CPKC roster) and a KCS SD70MAC on CPKC 248 through Des Plaines, IL.

Metra 162 pushes a inbound train under a old CNW signal bridge on the East side of Des Plaines.

A solo KCSM SD70ACe heads up CPKC 254, a freight originating on the RCPE in Minnesota, seen here passing through Des Plaines, IL, just a few miles from its terminus at Bensenville.

CP heritage unit #7018 leads loaded sand train 646 through Des Plaines, IL, headed for CSX interchange.

UP Olympic unit 2002 leads MALG3 South through Des Plaines.

UP 1158, one of the last GP60s still wearing the Cotton Belt paint scheme, rolls through Des Plaines, IL during a light snow shower headed for Proviso with the LJA50 turn.

Looking good in its two-tone grey paint scheme reminiscent of Canadian fighter jets and honoring Canadian and American Air Force veterans, CP 7023 leads a very long loaded 686 potash train through... (more)

KCS 4855 (ES44AC) leads CSX and NS GEs on CP 288 through Des Plaines, IL.