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.

This summer, I had the privilege to witness UP 4014, Union Pacific's restored "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, ply the rails of the UP mainline once again, this time leading the "... (more)

BNSF 1706 idles away while on local job R-CHI476 in Rochelle, IL, with no work to be done on this Saturday afternoon. This is thankfully one of the increasingly fewer SD40-2s on the BNSF roster th... (more)

A westbound Z train for St. Paul speeds through Rochelle about to cross over the UP Geneva Sub diamond.

BNSF ES44DC 7736 prepares to cross the UP Geneva Sub at Rochelle leading a manifest train towards BRC's Clearing Yard in Chicago.

UP ZLTG2-18 gathers speed passing through Dement.

A Long Beach-Global 3 intermodal train pulls across the diamond at Rochelle using headroom to yard the train.

UP SD70ACe 8450 departs Rochelle slowly pulling out of the G3 intermodal facility with a train for the CSXT at Chicago.

Coal loads from the North Antelope Mine head east through Rochelle.

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

Autoracks from Milipitas, CA cross the BNSF Aurora Sub at Rochelle, IL.

BNSF's Rochelle local is eastbound on the Aurora Sub with a few boxcars from the Del Monte factory.

St. Paul - Chicago intermodal traffic heads east into Rochelle.

With 1 string of CWR left aboard, UP AC4400CW 6419 prepares to hammer the diamond at Rochelle with a Goldfield, IA - Chicago Yard Center, IL rail train.

UP ES44AC 5439 slowly pulls over the diamond at Rochelle departing Global 3 with a manifest for the NS at Ashland Avenue in Chicago.