As the rear of the train clears the diamonds at Earlville, the engineer opens up the classic pair of GP15-1's as the Troy Grove Local continues its trip to the sand plants of Troy Grove, IL.
After a bit of a wait, the Troy Grove Local crew receives permission from the BNSF Mainline Dispatcher and crosses the diamonds in Earlville, with the trusty pair of GP15-1's powering the train.
A pair of GP15-1's bask in the sunlight as the crew awaits permission across the BNSF in Earlville.
After crossing the diamonds with the BNSF Mendota Sub, the Troy Grove Local's pair of UP GP15-1's open it up as they pass by one of the local grain elevators in Earlville.
UPY 709 leads the troy grove local past the Earlville drive-in. What a classic, throwback scene...
Chargers West - A pair of Siemens SC-44's lead California Zephyr through Earlville on inaugural run of thse units on Western Long Distance trains
A trio of UPY GP15-1s lead the Troy Grove local south through Earlville.
With about five minutes of usable sunlight left, I was able to grab one last frame of the Troy Grove job.
A Kenworth tractor/trailer rig stops at a rural crossing west of Earlville, Illinois, for Burlington Northern train No. 60 wheeling piggyback trailers toward Chicago on February 17, 1990. The spee... (more)
Amtrak 130 makes it's first revenue run after being repainted into Amtrak's Phase II livery. Seen here passing through Earlville Illinois.
The California Zephyr blasting West in the last bit of Winter light.
A Roger Puta Photograph
Cresting a rise in the rolling Illinois farmland, a westbound Burlington Northern coal train is west of Earlville on the Chicago to Galesburg main line on April 16, 1988. Powering the train of BN ... (more)
NS 1070 (Wabash) lead's a oil can east on the BNSF Mendota Sub at Earlville, IL.
Amtrak P42 114 leads the Illinois Zephyr east through Earlville.
