9168/9311/9117 North at La Salle, Il. crossing the Illinois River. Terry Norton Photo
Local BUSW (Bureau Switcher) descends a nearly 2.5% grade after picking up empty cement cars from a remanent of the former IC Gruber Line that is now the interchange with Buzzi Unicem.
An extra Bureau Switcher ("Rocket") pulled cars from Buzzi in La Salle, but was unable to deliver them to the CSX at Utica and instead took them to Bureau to wait for another day. The f... (more)
Rock Island train to Chicago with two private cars stops at La Salle/Peru Station
Buzzi Unicem is switching cars at their Iowa Interstate interchange yard at La Salle to take across the Illinois River to the plant at Oglesby. This line is a small part of the former Illinois C... (more)
Iowa Interstate 481 leads an eastbound past the former Rock Island station at La Salle-Peru.
The Blue Island - Council Bluffs road freight passes the old Rock Island depot at La Salle - Peru.
104 departs out of La Salle, headed for interchange with the BNSF at Zearing.
IAIS 711 West passes an old Rock Island "triangle style" signal at La Salle.
Illinois Railway CF7s #5 & 3 are assigned to the La Salle job. This job operates tri-weekly to the BNSF at Zearing.
The Omaha Limited passes the ex-Rock Island depot at La Salle, Illinois.
