Happy Little Accidents..... The shot was intentional.... however... it was not planned as a zoom-pan.... with the Metra train racing for Chicago, the CPKC train sitting and the UP YPRCP shoving ba... (more)
After a few years of trying I finally got to Bensenville early enough to catch CPKC I41 headed back home with a trio of EMDs finest, this train is actually UP YPRCP a daily turn from Chicago Provi... (more)
UP 1914 leads a Bensenville to Proviso transfer out of the yard with a former UP SW10 now in Savage paint tagging along for the ride.
UP 1914 leads a transfer from Bensenville Yard back to Proviso Yard. Tagging along is SVGX 7407 an EMD SW10 that took up residence in Bensenville Yard for a few weeks.
G41 turns the corner onto the IHB at B12 with the typical pair of UP SD40N's in charge. What was once an interesting railroad scene is now just a bunch of junk and clutter.
An uncommon occurrence in Franklin Park... CPs G41 transfer to UP Proviso, leaving in daylight. Today the 40N pair crawls under Tower B12, with an inbound metra watching the movement.
UP 1914 and 1733 lead the LPR49C over the 150 year old Tiffany Limestone arch bridge.
It's a hot July afternoon, and a rather short LPR49 is hustling eastbound with a pair of SD40Ns at the head. The gorgeous Palatine was rebuilt in 2001 and makes a great background for this train.
UP SD40N 1914 holds at Central Ave in Mount Prospect with a eastbound grain train.
UP SD40N 1914 leads a grain train west past the depot in Mount Prospect.
A pair of UP SD40Ns lead a late MPRPR south through Des Plaines.
UP SD40N 1914 leads a late running MPRPR east through Mt. Prospect.
UP 1914 leads C-OKNS (Oak Creek to NS interchange) south at control point Valley in Northbrook, IL. UP 1914 started off as a CNW SD40-2, and the engine is right at home next to the rare ovular CNW... (more)
UP SD40N 1914 leads a grain train west into Palatine.
UP 1914 leads a westbound grain empties train thru Mount Prospect, IL past a restored CNW depot. UP 1914 is a former-CNW SD40-2.
