Canadian National Ethanol empty makes its way west over BNSF's Raceway as a Container Train departs BNSF's Cicero Yard Under CN/IC's Freeport Sub. Off in the distance a Manifest creeps slowly up t... (more)
The first outbound of the day busts through some plow lines after a late season snow storm dropped 6'' of very wet and heavy snow.
With the ice still frozen the DME 6054 pulls the daily St Paul to Kansas City manifest out of town.
A very hot CP 199 (Chicago-Vancover) train speeds it's way over a causeway on the Mississippi River.
An old silo and motel sign help frame a fallen flag paint scheme nicely as the crew of DME 6054 does some set out work.
A BNSF manifest rumbles past the local bar as it proceeds east.
Canadian National's brand new rail evaluation test car idles in the Freeport yard after a long day of work.
A welded rail train rumbles through a small Iowa town in the final moments of sunlight.
Not sure were the welded rail was going but it was a pleasant surprise to see three clean DME and ICE units running elephant style with two graffiti free 40' Santa Fe Boxcars trailing.
Westbound coal empties leave the town of Geneva and it's famous track-side red barn and continue west into a setting sun.
This picture was taken exactly at 15:00 hours, the exact time the ownership of ICE and DME changed hands to Canadian Pacific Railway.
The daily CN IKCK rumbles the Lockport station as it proceeds south towards Joliet.
The JB tower operator gives a friendly wave to the crew of a passing BNSF/CN Green Bay coal train.
The Daily N-21 rolls into Van-loon for their first drop of the day with a Union Pacific AC4400CW trailing.
A coal empty comes out of the Geneva Dip kicking up dust as it heads west to get more coal.
