Union Pacific’s LSF54 local heads south down the Pequot Branch past the Braceville/Gardner Cemetery as they bring a string of cars from Hoffman Transportation in Coal City.

Westbound near Coal City Illinois with new GE Warbonnets in tow.

BNSF 6598 leads a intermodal west into Coal City.

A former BN SD60M leads Local 105 west past the old Santa Fe depot in Coal City.

BNSF 2720 leads a ABBA consist west into Coal City on Local 105.

CSX 3213 leads the BLUKCK west into Coal City.

BNSF 4206 leads a stack train west past the depot in Coal City.

BNSF 3860 leads a westbound intermodal into Coal City in the golden hour.

A former Santa Fe GP39-2 leads Local 105 west through Coal City.

A high speed stack train crosses Reed Road in its last hour before arriving in the outskirts of Chicago.

BNSF 7968 makes its way west through Coal City with a stack train out of Logistics Park.

Oh to be back in summer... while enjoying some -8 degree F now, I reflect on June 5th when a BNSF hotshot came roaring under power lines in Coal City on a 70-some degree day. Early stages of what ... (more)

A neat lash-up soaks up the remaining rays of sunshine on this cold evening.

Going over First Street showed some red signals over at Pequot Junction, so we turned around and this BNSF train showed up quickly, sneaking behind this car shop.

One of the many money-making high speed Z-trains through the area!