EJ&E SD38-2 675 pulls out of KA Steel to hook back up to its train in Lemont.
EJ&E 660 leads the Walker local south through Crest Hill. Nice to see a J out on home rails.
Right at home on former EJ&E rails, EJ&E 660 leads the Walker Local over the DuPage River in Plainfield.
EJ&E SD38-2 660 switches out a cut of intermodal cars at Homewood.
EJ&E SD38-2 669 sits in the south yard in Joliet.
EJ&E 675 and GTW 5812 are on the approach to Jackson Street in Joliet, leading the oil local to the refineries at Millsdale, located a little south of town.
Called the USX West, but running under the BNSF symbol, a US Steel empty is headed to Monett, MO for interchange to the Arkansas & Missouri RR. My notes show the ultimate destination as Consolida... (more)
After making its pick-up at KA Steel, the oil local heads south for Flagstone, where the crew will begin the process of running around the train.
EJ&E 675 and GTW 4909, both in their respected paint schemes, leave KA Steel with the afternoon pick-up.
The oil local rolls southbound past the refineries in Lemont to retrieve a string of tank cars before rolling back north to Glenn Yard.
Splitting the signals at Flagstone, the oil local will soon cut off from its train and run to CP Romeoville.
Passing the clock in downtown, EJ&E 675 and GTW 4909 make for a great lash-up on this code blue day in Lemont.
As the oil local prepares to shove into KA Steel off Main 1, the outbound Texas Eagle from Chicago flies by on Main 2.
EJ&E 675 and GTW 4909 head south through downtown Lemont.
EJ&E SD38-2 675 switches at KA Steel in Lemont.