CP 280 passes 31st Street on the Belt with a delightful pair of SOO SD60's. Clouds dominated most of the day, but I got a lucky sucker hole here!
A second section of the CP's 472 train slowly rolls down the Belt with a Kansas City Southern SD70MAC in charge.
2-470 is on the move at 31st Street, headed south for BRC's Clearing Yard.
The trend of blue and gold SD40-2's continues in the Chicago area as a trio takes a second 470 train down the Belt, approaching 31st Street in Cicero.
Eastbound ethanol with the Katy heritage unit on the old CC&P arrives Hawthorne at Austin Blvd which a pair of IC style signals still stand.
CP 470 is rolling out the final miles to its destination of BRC's Clearing Yard, with a four pack of SD40-2's.
BNSF 7339 leads the GFDBRC onto BRC rails at Cicero as a IC led CN train waits for clearance behind it. The IC would be held until after dark due to frozen switches.
A nearly new GP30 heads up a few GP20's on this Q train shot at Cicero in 1963. Photo from my collection and was traded for. Photographer appears to be R. Olmsted but is quite faded.
A CSX SSD40-2 in the then-new paint scheme awaits its next call at Burlington Northern's Cicero Yard. Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.
A rather wild lash-up leads M346 down the Belt in Cicero.
Six brand new BNSF ES44C4's head north to the nearby Clyde Yard. In the distance, CP 470 can be seen waiting for a signal to head south.
