Cotton Belt GP60 9662 and Soo Line SD39 6241 sit side-by-side at Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard in Bedford Park, Illinois, on September 19, 1997.
Belt Railway at work on the day after Christmas with clean boxcars. Business was down then, there was even speculation of the yard closing.
Two pairs of newly-delivered GEVOs get some pre-servicing at Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard. UP 7697 (and behind it 7696), as well as another pair visible in the background, are here. The... (more)
In bright afternoon sun, CN units sit in the service track while a newly-delivered UP GEVO is shuttled.
BRC 125 with its "updated paint scheme" still shines in the evening sun.
BRC 530 idles at the west end of Clearing Yard at dawn.
the Chicago to Janesville train waits to head out, just as the sun sets
light power move including CSX 8115 and BNSF 4159 out of the yard at dusk
An SP diesel set scoots under the crest of the hump yard.
Shiny red, white & blue.
My first time around Grand Trunk locomotives in 1992 ... I couldn't believe how bright the red paint could get on a clean loco.
A set of EMD's takes charge of a train usually led by newer GE's ready to depart Bedford Park.
A dual flagged SD40-2 leads a Candy Apple SD60 down the BRC with a lengthy manifest, led by colorful tractors.
On the marshalling tracks at Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard, WC 6505 and 6508 idle until their next assignment.
