Conrail 5460 was bought by Vulcan Foundry for the service of their Lehigh, Illinois quarry. She looks great.
NS 9290 leads NS C40-8 8742 eastbound, through Pine Jct.
NS 9644 leads an eastbound manifest past the Hick drawbridges.
NS 6775 leads an x-Conrail GP40-2 past the Hick drawbridges. Left to right: x-B&O, x-NYC, x-PRR, and EJ&E. Not pictured is the bridge to left of the B&O one which was a lead to a yard the B&O had ... (more)
With 413 on the point, a westbound Metra pulls from Roselle. Next stop, Schaumburg.
Metra 114 & 112 ran the doubleheader on Friday night. 427 also ran a local on Friday, but now it is Saturday, and they all get the day off.
Metra 211 sits it's MARS light on while it prepares to head back west, to Elgin.
The yard is alive with 423 idling away. From left to right: METX 423, METX 210, METX 114 & 112, and METX 427. Taken with permission.
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.
8442 is the cab car that lead the familiarization runs on the UP-W line between Geneva and Elburn. METX 156 was the unit shoving.
As snow chunks fall from the sky, a chunk of green in the form of a BN three-window-piece SD60M leads MRL SD45 315, and a BN SD40-2 eastbound through the Springs on a grain train.
UP 7310, a fake Big 6, leads a MT coal train west. I'm glad the second unit wasn't leading.
UP 3071 and two other SD40-2s haul a manifest westbound, through Wheaton.
Metra 153 pulls her midday Scoot out of Wheaton. Next stop, Winfield.
A father and son walk to board an evening inbound Metra.
