A nice surprize on Q-NYCLAC as a beautiful Conrail blue SD60 leads an NS Dash 9 westward down the Transcon. This is one of those times when you can say the right engine is definately leading!

BNSF Dash 9 #5395 and 2 other Dash 9s roar through Coal City with Z-WSPLAC into the setting sun.

A pair of GP60M's, one in Santa Fe's beautiful Warbonnet paint scheme and one in BNSF's H2 paint scheme highball a westbound autorack providing a very nice sound!

Today's Q-NYCLAC is lead by NS Horsehead SD70M 2623, an NS Dash 9 and a Santa Fe Warbonnet Dash 9.

BNSF 5027 along with a Santa Fe Warbonnet Dash 9 idle on by due to a westbound intermodal stopped up ahead. After this train cleared, the parade was on!

A pair of BNSF H2 Dash 9's, a BNSF H1 Pumpkin Dash 9 and a Santa Fe Warbonnet GP60M smoke it up westbound through Coal City already highballing at 70 MPH.

UP AC4400CW-CTE 5576 highballs westward with a CSX AC6000CW on the I-BPCI Stacker through Coal City.

I have seen cleaner UP SD70M's. Three of them highball westward with the GBPX Autorack Train.

A pair of BNSF Dash 9's and a Santa Fe Warbonnet highball westward through Coal City into the glistening evening sunlight.

BNSF 4404 (Here's a picture of it at the same location leading the same train:http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=113760) and two more BNSF Dash 9's, all running elephant style, fly throu... (more)

The first day of October brings a very nice lash-up on the westbound M-IHBKCK. Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP30 2417, BN GP39M 2804, and a Santa Fe Bluebonnet B23-7 4257 throttle up westbound through Coal... (more)

BNSF 4751 and a BN SD40-2 highball the westbound M-IHBKCK through Coal City.

BNSF 4592, an H1 Pumpkin Dash 9 and a CSX Dash 8 get the yellow as they pass through Coal City.

BNSF 5410 and an Ex-SP SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor sit at Coal City with westbounds backed up 20 miles to Joliet and eastbounds backed up 150 miles all the way to Galesburg!

Santa Fe Bluebonnet 2798, leads another Bluebonnet and an H1 SD40-2 westbound through Coal City.