UP 5036 has led the Rochelle based local into town. In a few city block, the train will roll past the railroad park, pound the diamond, and head into the yard where the crew's shift will conclude.... (more)

Westbound BN passes Rochelle Depot. Corrected - F-45

Medusa Portland Cement #10 - Alco S-2, slipped up Sorry!!!!

BNSF H1 Dash 9 1089 leads 476 West past the recently repainted water tower in Rochelle.

CNW at Rochelle Station

CNW stopped at Rochelle Station

Milwaukee Road Local across from BN Station

Sky Blue westbound at Rochelle

BNSF 1089, a C44-9W still wearing the old "Heritage 1" paint scheme adopted by BNSF not long after the BN-ATSF merger, rests outside the BNSF yard office in Rochelle, IL, awaiting return... (more)

UP's Rochelle Local prepares to shove east back onto the mainline after interchanging cars with the City of Rochelle (BJRY) railroad. The crew will return to Global III, just west of town.

This summer, I had the privilege to witness UP 4014, Union Pacific's restored "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, ply the rails of the UP mainline once again, this time leading the "... (more)

BNSF 1706 idles away while on local job R-CHI476 in Rochelle, IL, with no work to be done on this Saturday afternoon. This is thankfully one of the increasingly fewer SD40-2s on the BNSF roster th... (more)

A westbound Z train for St. Paul speeds through Rochelle about to cross over the UP Geneva Sub diamond.

BNSF ES44DC 7736 prepares to cross the UP Geneva Sub at Rochelle leading a manifest train towards BRC's Clearing Yard in Chicago.

UP ZLTG2-18 gathers speed passing through Dement.