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Amtrak 5, the westbound California Zephyr, rolls through Downers Grove, IL. The train was 30 minutes late after traffic along the BNSF Racetrack held them up, despite an on time departure from Chicago's Union Station.

Southern 154 crosses the Holston River Bridge for one of the last times for its current boiler ticket. 154 is due for its next 1472 inspection and will be out of service for a bit

CSX I163 heads Westbound with CSX YN2 AC44CW 159 leading.

UP 4152, BN 7099, NS 8951 and CSX 7312 lead a Long Beach - Chicago double stack train out of Tucson, AZ as summer thunderstorms form over the mountains in July 2004.

UP 8154 West leads the MNPHK-03 through Bliss, Idaho on a cold January afternoon with some snow on the ground.

One of the hotshots of the Hagerstown District, NS Intermodal 25A, races past the farmlands of Northwestern Virginia as it clears the 48.5 repeater in White Post, VA.

As the cloudless sky reflects on the undisturbed Susquehanna River, NS Autorack train 18N slowly navigates the Rockville Bridge as it prepares to enter Harrisburg, PA.

Amtraks Cardinal basks in the morning sunlight while taking on passengers at the Charleston, West Virginia Amtrak Station.

Amtraks Cardinal basks in the morning sunlight while taking on passengers at the Charleston, West Virginia Amtrak Station.

Amtrak 50 “The Cardinal” departs Charleston, West Virginia and prepares to pass the green signal.

Santa Fe SD39 merger units 1564 and 1573 push behind caboose 999474 up Cajon Pass in November 1985.

After meeting C887 (bound for Gary, Indiana) B241 is now rolling through the home stretch towards Corbin where it will have all 3 of its units refueled for the journey south. Leading the charge is Canadian National heritage unit 3115, painted for BC Rail. Forget another railroad, this one is taking us out of the country, making it that much more unusual to see on former L&N trackage, displayed by the old searchlights here at Lily. This is the closest thing to British Columbia that you will ever see in the Bluegrass State.

CN 3115, painted for BC Rail, leads a rerouted B241 into the yard in Corbin, Ky, and past the old L&N Depot. The heavy rain had now slowed to a drizzle as we stood on the old station platform. The BC Rail is the farthest thing from the scene of an old L&N passenger train rolling in here in the 50's, though the red, white, and blue scheme does resemble that classic "'Murica!" feel. Out of sight on the other end of the depot is L&N 2132, the only remaining L&N-built steam locomotive to exist. Funny enough, the day marked the 7-year anniversary of its dedication here in this very spot. Who knew that 7 years from that moment, we would be standing at the depot awaiting our train.

After getting held up north for a bit, CSX B241-20 made its way into south Georgia with CN 3115, the BC Rail heritage unit, leading the loaded potash train south. This one sure drew out the crowd today, and for good reason. CN 3115 is painted in the same form that BC Rail used to paint their MLW M420 units after going to the red, white and blue paint scheme. This is also the first of the CN heritage units that has made it this far south. These loaded potash trains typically come from CN but will occasionally come off the CP as well. In this case, the train arrived in Chicago as CN B746

The train that brought people in droves to the Bluegrass state, B241-20 with CN 3115 leading, exits the tunnel at Sinks and rolls by an abandoned limestone quarry, on its trek to Corbin for a crew change, and later Tampa.

Santa Fe 8154 east meets SD9's SP 4440 and SP 4384 with an MOW train at Bealville siding in Tehachapi Pass.

Metra inbound 59 pulls into Glen Ellyn towards the end of rush hour making a quick station stop.

A once relatively common occurrence on Northeast Regionals through this area has become nearly impossible to see…an Amtrak Dash 8 leading a train. However, due to the P42DC in second position having mechanical issues the night before, I was able to relive the past and watch this rust bucket take charge of the trip to Washington, D.C.

Rahway Valley 2-8-0 #15 sits on display at Steamtown NHS.

After a stint working in the east end of the yard shuffling cars around for all the Nampa area eastbound locals, a rare standard cab SD60 is seen resting the night away out front of Nampa Tower