A good-looking Heritage 1 Dash 9 is the sole power for this red Hyundai doublestacker.
"Spring: Now arriving on track one."
AMTK 62 sits idling in the DG yard, while METX 405 switches over to peform it's "flipback" here. 62 and the Superliner sleeper and Amfleet cafe were used by area police departments in a terrorist ... (more)
The sun, the diesel exhaust, the heat blur, and BNSF 9999 come together to bring you this photo of an eastbound coal train.
Light power cruises out of Willow Springs, headed east. 6 pumpkins (4 Dash 9s and 2 B40-8Ws) bracket the oddball KCS SD60 #742.
A short train backs out of Willow Springs Yard's small mixed freight yard (it's mainly a huge UPS facility) and out onto the mainline. With an Santa Fe caboose on the rear and a Santa Fe GP35 in t... (more)
7754 blows by the LaGrange Road Metra/Amtrak station, with an extra-long grain train.
KCS SD70ACe #4001 lends a helping hand on an eastbound CSX coal load through the snow!
One of the last in BNSF's orders of ES44DCs, 7644 highballs west with a pair of H2 pumpkins in tow. First photo with new camera (LUMIX FZ30).
The Illinois Zephyr flies through the curve, with 3 Superliners - a rare occurance. Apparently the bolted nose attracts more snow than the rest of the cab...
The bright orange Dash 9 contrasts nicely with the snow-encrusted...everything else.
A pretty sweet lashup with a Swoosh leading, Whitefaced SD60M triclops second, and an H1 Dash 9 bringing up the rear.
A CSX manifest crests the hill with a better looking SD40-2 and new BNSF ES44AC in tow.
A relatively new ES44DC, two numbers short of having the new logo, comes by one of the more interesting warning devices employed at crossings. A flashing yellow light and lit-up sign warn motorist... (more)
Throttling up after AMTK #5 cleared main 2. Those new signal bridges are just plain ugly and they are way too tall.
