Another BNSF yard job is seen switching the east end of Cicero Yard. This was shot from the Laramie Ave overpass.
A BNSF yard job is seen switching the east end of Cicero Yard. This was shot from the Laramie Ave overpass.
The EMD SD45 was already falling into disfavor at the BN when 47 more arrived with the Frisco merger in 1980.
In the waning days of steam, we made several trips to Burlington's Clyde Yard in Cicero to find steam survivors. After we spent some time near the roundhouse shooting the CB&Q O5a 4-8-4s, we heard... (more)
In the waning days of steam, we made several trips to Burlington's Clyde Yard in Cicero to find steam survivors. On this beautiful sunny day we were rewarded with CB&Q 5617 basking in the sun near... (more)
A CB&Q E8 leads three other E units on a very long DENVER ZEPHYR inbound to Chicago.
A Monday morning finds GP7 243 and SW7 9259 pulling cuts of cars at the east end of Burlington's big freight yard.
Union Pacific U30C's 2882 and 2831 are being serviced at BN's Cicero Yard. The two U-Boats were used on BN/UP runthrough freights between Chicago and Grand Island, Nebraska.
An Alco S1 switcher sits on the front of a train on the BN at Clyde Yard.
