A SOO SD60 and CP "Dual Flag" SD40-2 shine in the morning light as they accelerate out of Franklin Park after clearing B12.
A pair of CN's finest cruise through B12 Interlocking and onto the "single track" with a potash train bound for BRC Clearing.
How many years has it been since this Milwaukee Road paint was first applied.
Lots of red, but also traces of Milwaukee Road and Wisconsin Central. Different vantage point from Rob Schreiner (didn't know he was there!): Railroad: Canadian Pacific RailwayLocomotive: EMD GP38-2Location: Franklin Park, Illinois, USALocomotive #: SOO 4433Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: November 05, 2006
CP 3018 awaits a crew for departure.
A Soo "Candy Apple" SD60 is in charge for a change with this hot CP auto train bound for Chicago.
A fresh CP GEVo leads an eastbound through B-12. The new connector tracks are on the left, and two Soo GP's switch Bensenville in the background.
Sitting under the lights.
One of few remaining unpatched GCFX SD40-3's has been paired with WC 6005, an SD40-2, to bring tonight's Fond du Lac-Proviso manifest south. Here, it is waiting to get onto the IHB at Jct B-12.
Metra MP36 423 sits at Franklin Park with a rush hour outbound waiting to depart for Elgin.
One of three remaning SD40-2s in GT paint has been paired with a WC SD45 to create what has to be one of the rarest consists on the CN system.
A CN SD75I and one of three remaining GTW SD40-2s get a recrew at dusk.
A CP GEVO basks in the morning sun before the festivities begin at Franklin Park Railroad Days.
WC 7554 leads IC 6016 through the famed Franklin Park connector. This is a scene worth documenting, a WC SD45 leading through the old connector, this won't be repeated many more times, if at all.
X348, M348, and M340 pose just North of B12 awaiting their respective signals.
