Two railroad greats in one. An ATSF SD75M and a BN SD60M make for a stellar lash-up, as they roll south down the IHB Mainline, bound for Blue Island Yard.
Two 8200's lead a short twelve car Ray Turn (formally the Ross Local over the Gassman Coulee trestle as Fall color starts to settle into the Trestle Valley.
Once in the top tier of the Superfleet, former ATSF 243 has definitely seen better days. It, along with a 75I counterpart and a catfish, is leading grain empties from the Belt Railway of Chicago u... (more)