An ICE detour scurries past Rondout tower on this cool spring morning in northern Illinois....
A pair of J road units idle in a completely empty Rondout yard.
Two SD40-2s lead a freight north through the fog on the C&M Sub.
For my first day visiting Chicago I took a Milwaukee road commuter to Rondout. I found enough action to keep me interested all day. This Switcher was working a local in a small yard south of the t... (more)
Duting this period, Milwaukee road was using the Union Pacific paint scheme on passenger units. UP was using the Milwaukee for passenger service in and out of Chicago.
The Long West job is setting out cars for the CP at Rondout. The crew is in the process of spinning the power. This job is normally here at night but is running late today allowing daylight shots ... (more)
After an inch overnight, a light rain still falls as the 703 pulls loads across the Metra diamonds.
The 703 safely exits Peter Baker's facility. With all the wheel loaders and trucks, the EJ&E geep gets little respect.
Not quite street running, the 300 delivers loads inside Peter Baker's facility, not a common move as the private track mobile normally does the shuttling. You can see the piles come right up to th... (more)
A cut of cars about to be delivered to "Baker".
The Waukegan local arrives at Rondout. The relatively fresh paint looks ok, I would still rather see it in a nice shade of brown though.
The west end road freight makes its delivery to the CP.
