The KJRY F units, once again in A-B-A form, pull a short train from the TZPR yards. The wreath from Santa Train duty appears to be barely holding on.
A photogragher gets his shot.....
The Peoria Local is powered by a single 6 axle high horsepower unit tonight rather than the usual pair of GP38's.
A UP grain train pokes through the tree tunnel on the Peoria Sub just south of Bartonville, Illinois.
With the news of the G&W purchase of RailAmerica, I suppose this train will be led by an orange locomotive before I know it.
This crew's day in now done.........
Nice looking B40-8 standard cab in the background.
The I&M "Powerton Roadswitcher" passes the Aventine ethanol plant in Pekin, Illinois.
On a line where the vast majority of trains are lead by GE AC4400's, it was nice to get a "9043MAC".
The bad graffiti originally caught my eye, but I think unit 2 is the best catch in this consist.
GE locomotives rule the BNSF transcon, just not quite this old.
The Chillicothe Sub local has some interesting power this evening.