A quartet of EMD's "finest locomotives" lead a westbound (compass south) manifest toward Clearing Yard just south of Nirska Interlocking on the BRC.
A quartet of EMD's "finest locomotives" swing around the south end of Menard's Curve on the BRC as they enter the home stretch to the end of their journey, BRC's Clearing Yard.
A wide cab GP40-2 leads a pair of C30-7s on a loaded coal train out of Durand; both C30-7s are of BN heritage, one in BN and one in Heritage I. First C30s Ive seen on a coal train in almost a dec... (more)
A pair of the J's classic orange SD38s power an empty train made up of UP coal cars.
One of CN's GE Barn Units is a nice change from their usual quality power; here its leading a Canadian Cab C44-9WL waiting for a crew and to head south.
A nice leader in the form of an ATSF SD75M makes an appearance on a manifest from the CN bound for Kansas City.
CN's R953 thumps down the "famous" Forest Park Branch which splits a mall in half. This at one time was a connection from the IC to the CGW, and is now an undermaintained spur. Very tight cleara... (more)
A pair of IHB's infamous orange and black SD20s make some smoke in typical 1st generation EMD fashion as they head south on the IHB.
CN's R953 traverses the famous Forest Park Branch, negotiating tight clearances since it runs right through a mall and parking lot (note Dominick's). At one time this line connected to the CGW at... (more)
A fairly fresh repainted IC leads manifest train 336 south on the Indiana Harbor Belt....they even gave the windshield wipers a coat of red.
This nice looking trio wastes no time getting across Illinois, doing 60mph past some typical rural scenery and another vintage Q signal bridge.
The nicest set of coal train power I've seen in a long time accelerates these westbound empties through Plano, past the old CB&Q depot.
This nice looking trio hustles westbound empties under a vintage Q signal bridge as they near 60mph after clearing the Somonauk crossovers.
One of BNSF's newer additions, this ACe leads an older 70MAC with westbound coal empties.
A trio of SD75M's lead a westbound coal train through Western Springs. Unfortunately the leader wasnt in warbonnet, but at least it was clean H2 and not H3!
