The Ugly Duckling seems to stick out of this crowd. The IC 2457 is among a crowd of locomotives stashed out the back door of Woodcrest. In the background is Markham A yard.

CN A446 heads south past the Des Plaines switch with the IC 2457 in charge of the train.

IC 2457 leads a rather late A446 into Schiller Park Yard to set out and pick up some cars. It is rather interesting to see this C40-8W continuing to earn its keep in 2021.

Shortly after getting underway from making its lift in Pontiac, 251 with IC 2457 leading, rolls through the marches surrounding Davisburg.

IC 2457 meets a SB mixed freight at the Illinois/Wisconsin Stateline on CN’s Waukesha Subdivision.

It's a warm and very humid morning in Central Illinois on this Memorial Day. After leaving the house early to drive south towards Mattoon, I came across the train just south of Mattoon and had to ... (more)

IC C40-8W 2457 leads A446 south through Grayslake.

A ratty former LMS C40-8W idles on the shops in Jasper.

Neither originally purchased by CN, but both wearing various CN liveries, a pair of C40-8Ws lead train G847 into Jasper.

With a random cut of empty centrebeams on the headend, IC C40-8Ws 2457 and 2456 lead hotshot Q191 towards a crew change at Jasper.

This photo has a very "blue" feel to it! IC C40-8Ws 2457 and 2456 climb towards Jasper with Chicago-Prince Rupert train Q191.

St. Albans Vt-Montreal Canadian National #323 rumbles through the city on a gorgeous afternoon.

A blue devil by the daylighted tunnel. CN 323 is returning from St. Albans, Vermont with 'blue devil' IC 2457 leading and SD75I CN 5719 trailing. It is passing the site of the Turcot West t... (more)

One of the few CN units that sport blue paint the former LMS 730 leads northbound Q268 on the LIRC for Indianapolis.

AN ADM Shuttle train out of Cedar Rapids, IA, bound for loading at Yetter, IA, pulls into the siding at Jesup to meet M338. Jesup siding is the 1st siding east of Waterloo. M338 has an EJ&E 671 on... (more)