CP 5030 fights through the snow as it heads west out of Genoa, IL with CP 473 in tow.

CP 5030, a recently rebuilt SD40-2, makes one of it's first runs on the CP Chicago Sub. As the snow falls, it kicks it right back up as it does a solid 40 mph through Kirkland, IL.

As the snow falls over Northern Illinois, i find myself chasing CP 473 with a ECO leader. Here it is seen rounding the curve west of Davis Junction passing under the IL Rt. 72 bridge

The last day of my vacation and I thought I'd struck gold with three SD30ECOs (5018, 5001, 5005) on this eastbound empty coal train. All of this class had been transferred west and were testing o... (more)