CBQ 4960 and 5632 double header crossing the Illinois Central and receiving train orders. A Roger Puta Photograph
A Roger Puta Photograph
Loading coal with a clam-shovel from a gondola filled with coal. A Roger Puta Photograph
An IC blue devil leads U-CNPLNL on the BNSF Mendota Sub.
BNSF 2351 leads the Mendota local back into Mendota, IL after doing its daily work.
BNSF 555 still wears its Santa Fe Warbonnet livery along with BNSF 2729 still wearing BN Cascecade Green are power for the BNSF Mendota local. The local as actually just returned from their daily ... (more)
Rare unit to be leading on the BNSF Mendota Sub as a IC 1016 Death Star lead's a westbound sand train to Galesburg, IL to go west from there!!!!
I was passing through Chicago on my way from a Navy school in South Carolina to my ship in Long Beach. In Union Station I saw an add for this trip and fortunately last minute tickets were availabl... (more)
Coaling.
A rare site lead's the CNIGAL BCOL 4650 comes into Mendota, IL under the cover of darkness on it's way to Galesburg, IL.
BNSF 3157 sits idle at Mendota,IL. I have also shot this unit when it had tiger stripes back in the early 90's when it was on main line service.
12 brand new GE's heading westbound through Mendota, IL as Engineer Ryan gives a friendly wave as he makes his way back to Galesburg, IL.
A nicely-restored Milwaukee Road branch line combine is displayed at the railroad museum in Mendota, Illinois.
CB&Q waycar 14451, complete with working interior lights and marker lamps, is exhibited with CB&Q 2-8-2 4978 at Mendota, Illinois.
