Classic Q. In a scene that just screams CB&Q, E5 #9911A powers the Nebraska Zephyr excursion under the classic signal bridge that has guarded this spot for decades. With a new tri-light can... (more)
At least one of them is painted correctly.
Something old passing a sea of new.
Plenty of power on hand.
Coasting in for the Galesburg station stop, the Zephyr passes below one of the remaining, original, CB&Q signal bridges.
The second leg of the excursion gets underway as the Zephyr departs Galesburg.
BNSF's Galesburg to Joliet local, L CHI1011 19 has just departed the yard and is heading west towards the former SantaFe main at Cameron before turning east.
Q steam parked at Galesburg
Originally to be delivered as Burlington Northern No. 9297, BN SD60M No. 1991 was specially decorated to honor U.S. troops serving in Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War. On the sides of the lo... (more)
This crew's day in now done.........
Nice looking B40-8 standard cab in the background.
Some interesting color differences between the old and the new. The classification yard can be seen in the background.
An AC4400CW is in the lead of this eastbound manifest, as it begins to throttle up out of Galesburg.
Eastbound stacks are clear of downtown Galesburg and begin to pick up speed, bound for the windy city.
Rolling under an untouched CB&Q signal bridge, a pair of ACe's thunder east out of Galesburg.
