EJ&E 657 & 665 about to depart the yard
EJ&E 673, 669 & 660 heads out of Joliet with the empties
EJ&E 666 & 661 "The Line Train" heads west for the Joliet Yard.
EJ&E 667 rolls past the relocated EJ&E Depot in Plainfield IL. Built in 1885 the depot served both freight and passengers.
The Sacramento Southern's 1240, A GE 1953 44-ton on the turntable at the Sacramento State Railroad Museum
A friendly wave from BNSF 891 as it approaches Union Station, a colorful but faded consist with a Warbonnet in the lead.
EJ&E 322 works the far south end of the yard.
A GE 1953 44-ton (Ex- U.S. Air Force) Now Sacramento Southern 1240, Purchased 12/1993 from McClellan AFB, used for general switching jobs at the Sacramento State Railroad Museum
In the 1900's this wooden Arch building housed weights and pulleys that could raise and lower a 100 foot hinged ramp by as much as 8 feet to load & unload freight from the many steam locomotives t... (more)
EJ&E 666, 675, switcher 312 and slug T2 make up a colorful consist as they leave the Yard at MP1
Spring is finally sprung as the leaves start to show on the trees, as EJ&E 661 heads out of Joliet
EJ&E 312 & Slug T2 pulls ahead of the "Top Banana", AKA EJ&E 303 & 306, all working the south end of the Joliet Yard. While EJ&E Crane 245, "The Barnes Beauty" and Transfer caboose #195 get loaded... (more)
EJ&E 650 readies UP 6386 (former SP 340) that will be the DPU for an incoming UP coal train.
EJ&E 661 & HLCX 6056 Head out of Joliet.