A pair of UP SD40Ns work a pulldown at the west end of Global III.

UP 1983 on display for Rochelle Railroad Days. Photo taken with permission.

Nearly two years into the creation of BNSF Railway, a four-pack of Burlington Northern units lead an intermodal train past the depot in Rochelle which still had its BN signage at the time. Paul Me... (more)

A Union Pacific GE leads a trio of EMDs on a stack train through Rochelle. Tom Golden photo.

UP 8162 leads a westbound Z train through the Rochelle Railroad Park in Rochelle, IL.

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.