Hang Time - CP trains 280 and 276 get hooked by an Alaska Air 737, on approach to Ohare...It's going to be a while before these CP hotshots land at their final terminal, only a mile behind me.
SOO 6053 East breaks the early morning shadows as it approaches Milwaukee on this -12 degree morning.
A frozen SOO SD60 has received the signal from CP Tower 17 and begins its short trip to the BRC and ultimately, NS' Calumet Yard.
Climbing the stiff grade back to the CHI-MKE mainline out of Muskego Yard, SOO 6053 and her CP mate pass over 1st St. and will soon call up the C&M Dispatcher to give counts and ask for a light so... (more)
280 and 288 wait their turns at "the steps" in Bensenville.
For the first time in about a year and a half, a Soo Line SD60 is captured by my camera lens. With an air temperature of -3, SOO 6053 and CP 5958 lead eastbound train #280 through Lake Forest.
A pair of decent looking GE units, especially for CP, lead this manifest east through Duplainville toward a stop at Muskego Yard in Milwaukee.
An ex-SOO SD60 bombs past Pewaukee Lake with a long manifest in tow...
CP 280 rolls under I-94, on the approach to Mt. Prospect Road in Des Plaines.
280 cruises around a curve in Pewaukee, shortly after sunrise.
A clean GEVO hustles #280 into the small lake-side town of Weaver.
280 passes through Techny, bound for Bensenville.
A pair of evolution series GEs lead train 280 east out of Kellogg after meeting a westbound train at Midland (Wabasha).
Back from the dead for the time being. Two SOO SD60's slowly bring their train under Interstate 94 and will soon duck into Muskego Yard to do some work.
