After waiting for one Eastbound train, UPY 700 has just crossed the BNSF Aurora Sub, and is continuing the trek to Troy Grove.
The class unit for the UP GP15-1, UPY 700, switches out the elevator in Triumph, Illinois on the Troy Grove Sub.
UPY GP15-1 700 leads the Troy Grove local south through Rollo.
UPY GP15-1 700 leads the Troy Grove local south into the town of Elva.
UPY GP15-1 700 leads the Troy Grove local south onto the branch in De Kalb.
After running the 70m behind the GP, Y700 accelerates out of Dekalb getting ready for the 40 mile voyage down the Troy Grove Branch.
LPJ05 approaches Triumph... where they plan to drop a few cars at the elevator.
UPY 700, a local unit has lived the majority of the past 15 years over here on the CNW Chicago side of things. Here it is leading the LPJ05 down the Troy Grove Sub.
UPY 700 & UP 4203 lead the LPJ05 train to Troy Grove, Illinois across the diamond with the BNSF Aurora Sub here in Shabbona, Illinois.
UP train LPJ05 slows to a stop on the main in Triumph to set out and pick up some hoppers from a grain elevator.
LPJ05 rounds the bend, at a snails pace, as it approaches a red signal for the BNSF Aurora Sub diamond.
A GP15 & 70m, todays LPJ05, switch Triumph’s elevator... switching & setting out around 6 to 7 cars.
LPJ05 crawls around the grain silos just south of the BNSF Mendota diamonds... as the crew preps to set out a few cars here.
On a beautiful summer afternoon, LPJ05 flies thru Rollo, splitting the grain silos, with a clean GP15 & a SD70M..
LPJ05, known as the Troy Grove Local, heads east through the countryside in Elburn, IL. A trio of UP GP15-1's, all of former Missouri Pacific heritage, have the short train well under control as t... (more)
