L-CHI105 heading through Mazon with a very welcomed Santa Fe 40-2 leader and two more 40-2s trailing in H1 & H3. You cannot beat a Santa Fe SD40-2 leading on home rails.

BNSF 1755, a former Santa Fe SD40-2 in great "Bluebonnet" paint, idles away on a local in Rochelle, IL in beautiful golden light.

Two BNSF trains race each other past UD Tower in Joliet.

After setting out a bad order, L-CHI105 finally gets underway out of Hodgkins with SD40-2 1755 leading, still wearing It’s Santa Fe colors. They are seen here crossing the old Santa Fe trestle o... (more)

Welcome back, 1755! Train Y-JOL202 makes It’s way towards Blodgett to switch various Industries overnight as It crosses the Santa Fe-era angle trestle bridge over the I&M Canal in Downtow... (more)

L-CHI663 gets underway out of Burlington with a pair of ATSF blue bonnets powering the train.

BNSF 1755 leads Y JOL202 West at Joliet. It was quite nice to see a good looking blue bonnet in 2023.

Y JOL202 hustles west over Elwood's Jackson Creek with Bluebonnet SD40-2 #1755 looking sharp on the point.

Y-JOL202 shoves It’s train up the 59 lead into various industries at Blodgett, as they shove across the Grant Creek with two SD40-2’s, 1755 and 1614. 1755 still wears it’s Santa Fe bluebonne... (more)

It’s a foggy and misty afternoon in the unincorporated area of Millsdale as Y-JOL202 heads under the Arsenal Road viaduct at CP 465 & 472 while meeting a V-LPCBLU and passing some old Santa Fe c... (more)

Smoking it up in run 8, Y-JOL202 thunders west out of Joliet clearing yard limits and the UD diamonds as they head past Patterson Road with the infamous BNSF 1755 leading.

On a gorgeous and warm spring evening, the weather is very great as Y-JOL202 gets up to trackspeed screaming west over Hickory Creek In Joliet after clearing the 25mph zone over the diamonds at UD... (more)

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.

Former Santa Fe SD40-2 1755 leads 202 West out of Joliet.

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)