CN A408 to Centralia pulls into Mattoon in preparation to drop some of its cars before continuing southbound.

CN A408 to Centralia picks up speed after coming out of the siding. In the lead is an IC SD70 with a mixed bag of power trailing, including the EJE heritage.

IC SD70 #1029 leads CN A407 northbound through Neoga, IL. as they meet their counterpart A408 with IC 1028 in the lead.

A matching set of IC SD70’s throttle up with L536 through Kensington after waiting for a South Shore outbound to get out of the way.

It’s a beautiful, and warm fall morning in Downtown Chicago, as L536 winds out of Downtown Chicago at 35th Street with a matching set of IC SD70s, 1029 and 1007. Most of the time a straight shot... (more)

L537 is usually a mid to late evening departure out of Kirk Yard in Gary, IN. It got a very late start today, allowing for some nicely lit photos near downtown Chicago. IC 1029 and 1022, both deat... (more)

Enroute from Kirk Yard to Markham Yard, L515 closes in on the diamonds in Chicago Heights with an impressive 11 locomotives.

A trio of IC SD70s are leading the local out of Centralia, IL that works all the customers on the St. Louis subdivision between DuQuoin and East St. Louis. The crew brought the train as far as Be... (more)

IC 1029 leads L537, a Kirk to Glenn train, west through the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. At one point this is where the IC, Santa Fe, and the GM&O all crossed the Bubbly Creek.

IC #1029 heads south along home rails through Hyde Park on Chicago's south side with L536 (Glenn Yard-Kirk Yard). The electric catenaries date back to 1926 when the Illinois Central electrified it... (more)

IC SD70's were all over the place in the south suburbs on this late April day. Another CN train with an IC SD70 leading rolls through Chicago Heights on a nice afternoon. To the right, tracks rema... (more)

Back before IC SD70's became commonplace leaders again on the Chicago Subdivision, IC 1029 leads M371 through Ashkum, Illinois back in 2017.

IC SD70 #1029 along with CN SD70M-2 #8847, are seen here sitting in Yazoo City, MS, awaiting their next move

Canadian National Intermodal Train Q194 roars South through Mileston, MS. With IC SD70 #1029 on the point

Canadian National Intermodal Train Q194 roars South through Money, MS. With IC SD70 #1029 on the point