Archive for July, 2010

Calumet River Tugs

The Calumet River is hopping with activity as the CSL Assiniboine has arrived at the dock near 100th St in South Chicago to offload its cargo. The two small tug boats, dwarfed by the large vessel they’ve just helped navigate the narrow channel, are heading back out to Lake Michigan to guide yet another boat [...]


Train Under a Starry Sky

Midnight on a warm summer evening finds a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad ethanol train tied down in the siding at Genoa, IL, waiting for a new crew to forward it on to eastern connections in Chicago. This warm night was also completely cloudless, and here at the east end of the siding, away from [...]