Instead of running their usual freight train from Paris to Decatur, the nightly 201 job was tasked with running ethanol empties back to ADM in Decatur. This same power set ran the last empties in, loads out, and yet once again empties back in. According to the consist test slip, this set of power has been together for several months now.
Seen at the Indiana/Illinois state line marker, the 7411 and 7290 are hitting a snow bank that was pushed up over the crossing as a result of plow trucks clearing the snow from our last snowstorm a few days ago.
A recent spike in a personal interest of the skill and work it takes to create and ultimately nail a shot in the dark using flash technology, leads to this album.