Just a few minutes before sunset on Christmas Eve, CN Dash 9 2680, a CN SD75I, and a CSX YN3 GP38-2 back into Hawthorne Yard in Cicero.
BNSF 8717 along with an extended family member, former ATSF 924, idle the evening away while getting a little TLC and sand...
IC 6003 leading a pair of WC SD45's, 7506 and 7524, arrive Hawthorne only to wait two hours for westbound M337 to clear up and depart...
A string of old and new yard goats fill the fuel racks for over night fueling and maintenance.
Extra yard power not in use today includes BNSF GP35 2502. One of very few former ATSF GP35's actually repainted in a shade of BNSF orange, shows a little where and tear, already receiving a repla... (more)
A pair of BNSF yard jobs shuffle around the East end of Clyde. BNSF B23-7 4245 and GP39E 2971 double team a cut of stack cars while BNSF GP38-2 2008 and GP7u 1366 pause between jobs.
The previous day's M338 finally arrives Cicero with a nice set of EMD power in the lead.
NREX 8865 pulls into the fuel racks in Cicero leading the normal BNSF stuff and three shiny new additons, a GP38-2 and a pair of Gevo's: 6130 and 6131.
Quite the neat consist idles away on a crisp evening in Cicero. And hey, there are class lights in use on a Class 1 in the year 2006.
A UP container freight coming off the BNSF Cicero Yard lead prepares to enter the Belt Railway of Chicago main en route to BRC Clearing Yard.
BNSF 631 and BNSF 1594 "race" out of the east end of the Cicero Yard. BNSF 631 will turn south onto the IHB, while 1594 will continue straight.
A pair of BNSF Dash 9's pull into Clyde with a manifest (in order to keep the mainline clear) amongst a group of yard jobs.
BNSF 8068 shoves into the clear with the front 1/2 of its train as BNSF 2004 waits to grab the reigns and dismantle this Z train.
CN 9544 and GTW GP38-2 4915 shuffle cars around Hawthorne preparing M337 and M393's trains.
A better look at BNSF 2931 is viewed here at one of Cicero's engine tracks, along with a white face GP39M, originally built as a GP30.
