After at least 10 minutes of blocking the only crossing in downtown Ladd, this truck driver pretty much floored it when the train finally cleared. The train is backing up to put a bunch of bulkhea... (more)
After dropping off all but 3 cars in Ladd, the Zearing job crosses a rural road on a trestle in the woods north of Spring Valley, headed for LaSalle.
York Railway locomotive taking care of switching operations next to the old York Railstation. Behind the train is the construction of the new York Ballpark, home of the York Revolutions Canon ... (more)
The pair of CF7's cross over yet another scenic wooden trestle as the sounds of a pair of F7A's fills the air, bouncing off the surrounding trees.
NKC 3 and IR 5 take their time thumping over this nifty wood trestle in rural Illinois.
The CF7's are in the home stretch as the skim the Illinois River through Peru.
NKC 3 and IR 5 ease through town at a comfy 10 MPH enroute to LaSalle.
NKC 3 does the honors running back to LaSalle with 6 cars from the BNSF. How many other places can you see a practically matched pair of ATSF rebuilt CF7's in service?
Illinois Railway CF7 5 and Nebraska Kansas and Colorado RailNet CF7 3 pull into BNSF's Zearing interchange yard to make their set-out and pick-up.
Engine designation may be different
Close up of the axle on the #6