I was expecting to go north to simply catch local power, the Byron hill helper set, and common power; the last thing everyone expected was a BC Rail C40-8M to lead north. Here it is rolling past ... (more)

CN 3174 meets BCOL 4617 at the IL-60 road crossing in Mundelein, IL. These units are becoming more and more hard find as lots of them have gone into storage or are being relocated to Canada.

Getting BCOL barns to lead on CN is getting harder to do now days with PTC in service and all the new AC's the CN took delivery of. The CN looks like they maybe doing away with these unique GE loc... (more)

Getting BCOL barns to lead on CN is getting harder to do now days with PTC in service and all the new AC's the CN took delivery of. Around only 10 of them are in service starting the month of Febr... (more)

Getting BCOL barns to lead on CN is getting harder to do now days with PTC in service and all the new AC's the CN took delivery of. The CN looks like they maybe doing away with these unique GE loc... (more)

Cows and cowls.

After making a pickup from Joliet Yard which included two Illinois Central SD70 locomotives, M336 heads east crossing the Metra Rock Island district and Washington Street grade crossing.

A pair of BC Rail Barns and a pair of IC SD70's grind uphill out of Joliet, bound for Kirk Yard.

A pair of BC Rail barns and a pair of IC deathstar SD70's take headroom at the Rock, as they switch Joliet Yard with M336. Lash-up of the year for me, no doubt!

50V crosses from Ohio into West Virginia across the big bridge that spans over Kenova, passing over the "New Yard" down along the river levee.

50V passes through downtown Fort Gay on a dreary evening with a BC Rail leader.

You ain't from around here... with Brosnan Yard congested and most of Linwood, NC-Macon, GA inbound 191's traffic picked up en-route and bound for points north or west of Macon, NS decided to exte... (more)

The patented Canadian front door air conditioning system is fully functional on BCOL C40-8M #4617 leading a rerouted NS #191 north past the signal at Bunch near Jenkinsburg,GA.

Having arrived earlier in the day on the MSHFW, BCOL 4617 now rests in the ready track.

A BCOL unit makes a rare stop in Virginia, MN at the former DWP Yard and is tied onto a Herzog ballast train.