Westbound Q-train from Chicago to South Seattle makes awesome time west of Aurora. The train has had no opposition the past 110 miles. Here the train screams pass a pair of ABS search light signal... (more)

A Blue Island, IL, to Portland, OR, vehicle train races west on the Aurora Sub. Here the train splits a set of ABS signals near the Savanna Army Park, about 12 miles north of Savanna.

BNSF is busy installing CTC on their double track section of the Aurora Sub between Graf near LaCrosse, and CP 1462 near Savanna. Alot of this section of the railroad is still TWC/ABS territory, w... (more)