A late M337 pulls into the siding at Jesup to meet its counterpart M338. Jesup is the 1st siding east of Waterloo. M337 is the Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, daily manifest train. SD40's on the p... (more)
M33791 heads west after working at Dubuque. Although a rarity these days, all three engines were pretty clean and sharp looking in the engine consist.
M33791 heads west and downhill towards Galena, IL. One of the eight engines will be set-out at Dubuque for the Dubuque local. The previous evening, the Dubuque local derailed coming out the Rent... (more)
After meeting M33891 at Freeport, IL M33791 heads west towards Dubuque, IA.
After crossing the Mississippi River, a very late M33791 rolls into Dubuque, IA and past the refurbished Shot Tower.
Two IC SD70s leading M33791 make for a great chase on a Saturday afternoon! It has been a long time since I have been able to get two SD70s leading a train on the old Iowa Division. The Dubuque ... (more)
After meeting M33891 at Freeport, IL M33791 heads west towards Dubuque, IA with CN 8876, CN 2715, IC 1039, GTW 5855.
WB CN M33791 races to the sunset through Elmhurst.
A nice daylight catch on this stretch of railroad. Most of the CN trains run in the dark across Northern Illinois these days.
Westbound for Waterloo, M33791 heads west in the early morning sun.
Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago - Waterloo heads west towards Galena, IL in a rare daylight move over this stretch of railroad.
Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA Freight Train beginning the climb up the hill into Scales Mound, IL.
IC 1007 finishes up his switching at Hawthorne and prepares to head west.
M33791-07 has just rolled into Freeport, and for once in decent lighting. They had two IC SD70s. In my opinion, you can't beat that! Here the engineer, Jim, is climbing down from the lead unit aft... (more)