EJ&E 662 shoves a coke train into Gary works. This unit is nearly impossible to see leading nowadays as it lives on the East end of Kirk as a trailer on a hump set, this was the first time I've se... (more)

A four-pack of EJ&E six-axle EMDs is seen bringing a manifest freight around the curve at Griffith. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of EJ&E six-axle EMDs is seen bringing an empty Burlington Northern coal train west from State Line Generating Plant past the Falstaff grain elevators. Tom Golden photo.

EJ&E SD38-2 662 sits at Joliet Yard, right at home where it belongs. It may be beaten up, but it still gets the job done.

Morning breaks on the Kirk Yard Pitt. EJE 703 has the spotlight as she is serviced and inspected on the inbound track.

J-Ball 662 heads west through Dyer, not far from its next switching point at Chicago Heights.

Nearing the end of their southbound trip, the pair of J's have cut their train in half and are nearing the local industries, where half will be serviced at Aux Sable and the other half at Equistar... (more)

A pair of original EJ&E SD38-2's, J-Ball 662 and chevron 673, take the 509 south through Joliet on the River Line.

EJ&E 662 and IC 6201 roll south towards Morris, to switch out the local industries.

I've been waiting for something neat to shoot for my 3,000th photo. What better than a good old J-Ball SD38-2 thundering through Crest Hill?

J-Ballin'! On a beautiful, August 1st, a second section of the Illinois River Line job heads south through Minooka, powered by one of the last two J-Balls, EJ&E SD38-2 662.

EJ&E SD38-2 662 leads the former JSW1 local through Shorewood.

KSW1 approaches Van Loon, behind the "J-Ball" 662 and the "Top Bananna" 446.

EJE 662 gets pulled back into Kirk Yard by EJE 675 this is the last J Ball unit on an SD38-2.

The old KSW1 is on the approach to Ivanhoe, headed west from Kirk Yard. EJ&E 662, one of the last two J-Balls on the roster and EJ&E 446, the last remaining yellow switcher, have the honors. CN wh... (more)