This empty oil day is about to call it a day. Here the train pulls into the siding at Milledgeville to parked and tie down. BNSF ran about 5 westbound to flush the C&I, now it is time to run east ... (more)
The Chicago, IL, to St. Paul, MN, Z-train rolls west on the C&I in the evening. The train is 122 miles west of Chicago on the Aurora Sub.
"Sliver Clipper" with the Twin Cities bound Morning Zephyr. The second unit is an E7.
Early F units usually came in set of 4, i.e., ABBA. The CB&Q found that for most trains on its mostly flat railroad ABA sets were sufficient so the ABBAs were broken into ABs with another newer A... (more)
A classic Midwestern rural scene is portrayed here as BNSF 4705 leads a stack train eastward toward Chicago.
The 4449 flies under a decrepit wooden bridge and an old farmhouse.
Hot trains get all the power, This trains the old #11
Hot trains get all the power, This trains the old #3
The second two units are GP30s # 965 and 943. The train is the early morning "Pick Up" at Milledgeville, IL (122 miles from Chicago on the Twin Cities Line). If the train had a number, it was ne... (more)
This train was called the Pick Up. It was the local between Savanna and Eola and could run 80 cars long. Here it is in the siding, main track is in the foreground, about to set out and/or pick u... (more)
BNSF 5169 Rolling by tge West switch at Milledgeville, IL
The end of a long freight train holds on the siding at Milledgeville for an eastbound Z which can be seen in the distance at the bottom of the hill
Priority UPS/LTL Intermodal Train from Chicago, IL (Cicero Yard) - Portland, OR rolls west through the Northern Illinois countryside.
