Another pic in the series.
Built as MILW 168 in 1967, just looking at the paint, that is heritage. Even some of her original 168 is showing through on the dynamic brake blister.
Roster view
Work was well underway as this coal drag was one of the last trains to parade under the blades at Brighton Park.
The former CGW yard tower stands tall as the Rock Island 652 poses next to Rock Island wooden caboose 17958. The 17958 was built in 1914.
So much has changed since this shot, Peerless is closed, the building is gone, CP is off the line, no traffic for the Lakewood branch...
Well, here it is, the replacement for the CP's Division St. job.
Posing by the signals at IRM.
Two Hiawatha consists are tied together for the trip to Chicago after some mechanical issues this morning left one train stranded at Sturtevant.
A pair of NS units race their train across rural Illinois, and away from the setting sun.
The morning line up at the east end of yard 5... As the rusted railhead shows, they have been lined up like this for some time. The Nekoosa Paper 14, a S1, and Milwaukee Road 760, a H10-44 share ... (more)
Odd girl out... The UP 949 is out numbered by slant noses as she is flanked by CBQ 9911A and the ACL 501.
Just getting the handle of this Nikon scanner....
Shoving a load to Big Bay Lumber.
The Division Street switcher pulls out in to the intersection of Cortland and Kingsbury on the way to the lumber yard.
