A pair of former BN SD60M's proudly lead their auto train down the old Santa Fe as they duck under a vintage cantilever.
This almost new IHB unit sits at a red board waiting for the BNSF DS1 dispatcher, to give it a signal to head back to its own trackage.
This UP vehicle train which joins BNSF trackage at CP Harbor or BOCT heads west thru the crossovers after an early morning snow.
This hot shot has just left Chicago with a few stack cars and an awesome mix of BNSF power. Headed to Willow Springs Intermodal Facility to finish loading before heading west.
An ex-ATSF motor passes by a cantilever signal on the old Santa Fe main out of Chicago.
A BNSF bonnet on point of three more dash-9s and a short string of loaded well cars waits for signals as a manifest heads east
An interesting meeting of the BNSF's heritage: Two different merger paint schemes sandwich an unpatched BN SD60M, as the three units bring a hotshot stack train east past AT&SF searchlight signals
A yard job switches the manifest side of Willow Springs Yard in Hodgkins, IL.
The big dipper makes for a nice backdrop against these endangered ATSF searchlights.
Light power cruises out of Willow Springs, headed east. 6 pumpkins (4 Dash 9s and 2 B40-8Ws) bracket the oddball KCS SD60 #742.
A short train backs out of Willow Springs Yard's small mixed freight yard (it's mainly a huge UPS facility) and out onto the mainline. With an Santa Fe caboose on the rear and a Santa Fe GP35 in t... (more)
The first of two units seen today wearing the number 4599 leads two other GE products past the old ATSF signals and signal bridge.
An ex-SP GP40 leads the 910 job into BNSF's ex-Santa Fe Willow Springs Yard.
