An ES44DC, NS SD70M-2, C44-9W, and C40-8W power get ready to scream as the Cicero carman highballs the train at the west end of the yard.
Leaning into the sweeping curve....
Z-CHCSSE is out of Cicero with a pair of neat loco's trailing... a former BN white face SD40-2 and an illegal alien dressed in Christmas colors.
The second CHCSSE of the day blasts off with a more stellar consist consisting of a classic H1, ATSF Warbonnet, and the generic H2...
Looking as good as the day it was released from GE's Erie, PA plant; BNSF 7734 heads out of Cicero in the lead of 65 cars of intermodel traffic.
BNSF 4446 and 2 other BNSF Dash 9s lead Z-CHCSSE through Berwyn with the Sears Tower and some late season fall color in the background.
A Dash 9, SD40M-2 and a realtivley rare GP60B cruise along below some houses with a magnificent view of the Mississippi River Valley
BNSF 986.
J.B. Hunt trailers roll westbound through the Minnesota countryside, which is looking more and more Spring-like every day!
BNSF 7655 leads a colorful lineup on this Z train.
BNSF 6829 leads a swift stack train west through downtown Fargo past the corner Antiques shop with a nice NS Catfish tagging along...
A new Swoosh gets out of the way of a loaded coal train just in time as to not ruin my shot. Not that you can tell from up here, but this was a H3+H1+H2 lashup.
Away from its own territory, CSX 4849 leads a combination of BNSF and NS power on a westbound stacktrain.
Priority UPS - LTL Intermodal Train from Chicago, IL (Cicero Yard) - South Seattle, WA. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)
