LPJ05 from West Chicago doing its drift busting down the Troy Grove branch near Rollo.

UP 1417 leading the Troy Grove Sub South on the branch after a couple days of heavy snow and drifting.

LPJ05 heading down the Troy Grove Sub after a few days of blowing snow created many drifts along the line.

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.

UP 1417, a GP40-2 of SP heritage, leads the LPG04 local from the BJRY interchange in Rochelle with a whopping 2 cars, hustling through Ashton, IL on the way back to Sterling.

After worknig the industries east of Rochelle, UP GP40-2 1417 hustles a local back towards Sterling.

U{ 1417 leads the Troy Grove local South out of De Kalb.

-30 windchills didn’t stop myself and countless others from going out in cold weather to follow Union Pacific’s Troy Grove Job. All the blowing snow and intense winds over the past weekend had... (more)

UP GP40-2 1417 leads the Troy Grove local South near Shabbona, IL, busting some nice drifts at Duffy Road.

In some very low visibility fog, after waiting for Amtrak 4 to clear the diamond, UP’s Troy Grove Job is back underway as they head south out of Earlville.

The UP Troy Grove Job arrives at it’s destination of Troy Grove as they prepare to head under the I-39/US-51 overpass heading into town. With not much options left for photos in the chase, this ... (more)

2 - 3” inches of snow and 50 MPH winds over the Christmas Holiday weekend have scattered snow drifts all over the Union Pacific’s Troy Grove Subdivision. The Troy Grove Job has made it’s fir... (more)

The Troy Grove local continues south through Elva, Ill.

The Troy Grove local continues south through Afton Township, Ill.

The Troy Grove Local has just switched off of the Geneva Sub and onto the Troy Grove Sub in DeKalb, Illinois with a GP40-2 in the lead.