The Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA UPS train charges out of the sag of Pica as it begins the climb up Yampai Hill. Normally, these Z-WSPLACs are short, hotshot trains. Today however, the Z-... (more)
An Alliance, TX, to Willow Spring, IL, Z-train (kind of) drops downgrade into Dahinda and over the Spoon River on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub. The train is roughly 165 miles from Chicago.
A land barge California bound stacker crosses over at Stronghurst at 40mph. The train is working west on the Chillicothe Sub. With 4 units here, 4 units in middle, and thousands of feet of intermo... (more)