A former Illinois Central locomotive on a northbound Canadian National transfer train. Hawthorne Junction. Chicago Illinois USA. October 2007.

I found this ex Illinois Central EMD SD 40-2 roadswitcher locomotive, on a northbound Canadian National transfer train traveling over the Belt Railway of Chicago tracks at Hawthorne Junction. Hawthorne Junction is a busy crosstrack railroad junction located at the Chicago city limits on the border at Cicero Illinois. The north and south Belt Railway of Chicago tracks cross over and interchange with the Canadian National ex Illinois Central Iowa Division Mainline through here.