Illinois Railnet CF 7 # 3 along Water Street and an Illinois River above flood stage in Peru, Illinois.
The Illinois RailNet's CF7s rest by the riverfront in LaSalle, IL on an overcast afternoon. This is an HDR image, made from three digital captures.
The Zearing Local has just picked up quite a lot of bulkhead flatcars, all to be stored on the remains of the wye in Ladd. Here it is seen crossing a random trestle in about as close to the middle... (more)
The crew of the Zearing Local is now facing the nemesis of railroading in the winter: a frozen switch. They are now attempting to de-ice the switch using a combination of brute force and heat.
The CF7's are in the home stretch as the skim the Illinois River through Peru.
NKC 3 and IR 5 ease through town at a comfy 10 MPH enroute to LaSalle.
NKC 3 does the honors running back to LaSalle with 6 cars from the BNSF. How many other places can you see a practically matched pair of ATSF rebuilt CF7's in service?
Illinois Railway CF7 5 and Nebraska Kansas and Colorado RailNet CF7 3 pull into BNSF's Zearing interchange yard to make their set-out and pick-up.
Engine designation may be different
This 3 engine lash up waits for traffic to clear before reverse moving back into the engine house lead
Illinois Railway's power returns to Oregon after a day of switching.
Belching black smoke into the sky IR 6&7 hustle to move a cut of cars off the Rock River Bridge and into the Mt. Morris Branch.
Illinois Railway's two original B23-7s work between Oregon Yard and the Silica plant west of town. What a surprise it was to us when we saw the train, as we thought a BNSF stacker was comming.
A straight-up cab detail shot of a CF7.
The Illinois Railnet CF7's take the weekend off while Iowa Interstate's CBBI train heads east by the old Rock Island depot.
