After completing their setout at Villa Grove on a cold, rainy evening, UP train MASPR climbs upgrade through Block on their way towards Chicago. Leading the way is one of only 4 remaining SP-paint... (more)

Out and about testing the new toy this evening. I'm quite pleased with its results so far! A northbound UP mixed freight, symbol being MASPR, is seen splitting the City of Tuscola in two, behin... (more)

UP "M ASPR" (Gateway Yard to Proviso) approaching Reservior Road in Peoria.

This is not the head-end of the train, but pushers called upon to push a Gateway Yard to Proviso train up the 1% grade of Radnor Hill out of the Illinois River valley. Two locomotives, which are ... (more)

A pair of UP 40-2s lead some less thrilling power toward Dixon as they near the end of their trip to the Windy City.

3 C 40-8s take a train North

CNW 8575 will not finish this trip under its own power. She has a fan failure a few ours later. Patched a few months later.

One of only a handful of Snoots that can lead on the Geneva sub picks up speed, heading east across the Illinois plains, approaching Ashton. Elevation provided by a friend's van.

Eastbound freight

Yarding a train

UP 3300 leads East on the West Line.

UP 9089, ex CNW 8577, pauses awaiting for permission from the DS to proceed Eastward toward "Randall Rd.".