With storms rolling in and a bit of rainbow in the background, UP 737 breaks down an intermodal train that just rolled into Union Pacific’s Global 3 intermodal facility in Rochelle, IL.
UPY 635, an EMD GP15-1, backs through the west gate at Global II as it and a mate go about their intermodal switching duties. Many trains from Chicago stop here to add more loads to the rear of th... (more)
A westbound UP stack train in Rochelle, IL.
A CNW SD40-2 leads a BNSF Heritage I SD40-2 through Rochelle. Tom Golden photo.
Head to head with UP 1982 as it sits on display for Rochelle Railroad Days. This unit sure does look sharp after getting a fresh coat of a paint in Mt. Vernon, IL a few months before this.
As the sun sets, a railfan gets his shots as UP 8859 heads west with a Z train in tow bound for the coastline.
A UP AC44 leads a manifest WB through Rochelle in the evening light.
BNSF 2317 GP38-2 at the Caron Road Industrial yard in Rochelle, IL
The daily Global 4 to Global 3 intermodal transfer.
UP 1982 and 1983 sit on display in Rochelle, Illinois as a nice thunderstorm accumulates in the background.
Heavy morning clouds give me the chance to get a few half way decent shots of UP 1983 as it sits on display for Rochelle Railroad Days 2017 with sister unit 1982.
As storms roll in, the Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific heritage units sit on display in Rochelle, Illinois for the RR days event.
UP SD70M 5012 leads a stack train west under the new cantilever west of the diamonds in Rochelle.
CNW 8701 at Rochelle, Illinois
CREX 1405 is in charge of the daily NS train from Elkhart, IN to BNSF's Northtown yard in Minneapolis, MN.
