Fresh in from North Platte, heres a colorful set of power with some SD70s I don't mind shooting. They're awaiting fueling and prep for an outbound trip tomorrow, Sep. 7.
A patched ATSF B40-8W sits in the fuel racks in Cicero. After a quick check over, the units will be released and ready to head back west with yet another load of tonnage.
F40C 614, one of two on Metra's roster, is seen while load testing and being prepped for tomorrow's run.
Early in the day, or late in the night as some may say, an IHB slug set sits crewless under a nice sky.
UP's BRAND NEW C&NW Heritage SD70ACe sits in the sun at Proviso minutes after being untarped.
Three engines mingle at the LaGrange plant, former GM 90 and 92, now EMD 90 and 92, and an old EMD switcher. The SD90's were being load tested.
A C636, one of a handful left, sits near the MNNR's shops, it is quite a large locomotive!
A UP SD9043MAC makes its commanding presence known as it sits under shooting stars and a rural sky on a cool summer night.
What is said to be that last SD18 in existance, in excellent Chessie paint, seen here on a siding in Wellsboro. Story goes that it was to be shipped, but lack of funds caused it to be left and po... (more)
The Franklin Park "Railroad Daze" display- CP GEVo, 2 CN business cars, IC E9A #101, BRC SW1500 #530, IHB GP40-2 #4018, CSX GEVo, UP GEVo, and UP 1982, the Mopac Heritage unit. Some Metra and Amt... (more)
Metra's last two F40Cs enjoy a haze free sunset in late March on a cool Chicago evening.
An ex-Milwaukee "Bandit" mingles with a Soo Line GP38-2 and Indiana Harbor Belt SD20 at Bensenville Yard's East End.
The J's only GP38-2 idles while awaiting the arrival of a UP coal train. Once there, it will tie on and take the train to the Waukegan ComEd plant.
3 EMD's, a GP10, GP38, and GP38-2, sit in eachother's company while the skyscrapers of Chicago watch over them.
One of WSOR's GPs sits among SD brothers and other GP sisters while awaiting the beginning of another day in Wisconsin.
