The westbound California Zephyr splits one of the few remaining Q signal bridges on the Race Track at Fairview Ave.
A BNSF intermodal races out of the city passing vulnerable CB&Q searchlights at Fairview.
An outbound "z" train makes its way through Downers Grove on a late fall afternoon.
With a dinkey, BN 9924 is an E9A.
METX 404 approaching Belmont on a very nice fall day in the west suburbs.
ex-CB&Q 921
A very refreshing consist rolls west through Downers Grove. We have a BN, "triclops" SD60M and a BN Executive SD70MAC doing the honors on this lengthy mixed freight.
Work continues on the Belmont underpass. Main three is going to be right under the photgrapher. The station platform is on top of main three currently. It used to be further to the right and ca... (more)
This morning dozens of commuter and intercity trains should have run through here to Chicago but not this Friday. The night before a freight train made a mess of the Q's three-track Aurora to Ch... (more)
The first car has a generator for the galley cars because the E-unit has no HEP.
The Chicago bound Morning Zephyr.
With the Way Freight.
The Way Freight. The Q called their local freights "Way Freights."