4500 leads an all double stacked train through DG
Notice anything long...er wrong with this train? It's got 15 cars and a "DPU." One of these two trains broke down and the other has come to the rescue. (But I don't know which locomotive had faile... (more)
An express rockets by while another express passes Main St.
Bicyclists wait their turn as a stacker heads east. These bikers are pros - in town for the annual National Criterium Championships. http://www.dgnationalchampionships.com
Nightime local passes underneath the soon doomed CB&Q bridge. (Panasonic Lumix FZ-15K, ISO 100, 5 sec & F2.8
Here's a once-in-a-lifetime shot. METX 197 had brake problems and pulled off into the Downers Grove siding #2, then the crew fixed it. I've never seen Metra pull into this siding before. Here, 403... (more)
Decal-less 30 leads the Illinois Zephyr, while a local unloads passengers at Westmont
Express rockets by while a local sits at the Fairview Ave. Station
The Barfbonnet, BNSF's experimental scheme combining the Warbonnet curve and BN Executive colors, leads a loaded coal train through the Grove. Some of the paint seems to be burnt off, thus destroy... (more)
Amtrak 124 and another P42 lead the California Zephyr slowly through Downers Grove past a slow order.
Unpatched Whiteface and a (patched) Remote Control unit haul a long mixed
The Great Pumpkin could really use a wash!
Metra 196 throttles up as he approaches his stop at Main Street.
It's always nice to see an MP36 fly by. 405 hurries an express through Downers, on its way to Naperville.
