With a fresh set of PTC, a former Santa Fe Dash 9 leads an H4 60m on the 202 local out of Joliet.
A pair of IHB “Baseball Geep”s power NA11 into Bensenville, seen here under Tower B12. Tons of track construction contaminate this area, as seen here, all a part of creating B13, as well as gi... (more)
A pair of KCS engines power the Q train ROBCHI to chicago, passing through the truss over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal.
On a warm summer evening, a pair of 40s, and a 60m, power todays 105 to Galesburg.
After running the 70m behind the GP, Y700 accelerates out of Dekalb getting ready for the 40 mile voyage down the Troy Grove Branch.
LPJ05 approaches Triumph... where they plan to drop a few cars at the elevator.
After being killed in nowhere Iowa for multiple days due to storm damage, 1996 makes its way through West Chicago with a fresh crew from Clinton. The SP Heritage would later make a trek up the UP ... (more)
LPJ05 rounds the bend, at a snails pace, as it approaches a red signal for the BNSF Aurora Sub diamond.
A GP15 & 70m, todays LPJ05, switch Triumph’s elevator... switching & setting out around 6 to 7 cars.
LPJ05 crawls around the grain silos just south of the BNSF Mendota diamonds... as the crew preps to set out a few cars here.
On a beautiful summer afternoon, LPJ05 flies thru Rollo, splitting the grain silos, with a clean GP15 & a SD70M..
The 452 job follows behind a Z train & Metra on its return trip from the city. Today the local sports a rebuilt SD40, sadly also sporting “eyebrows”.
With more than half of UPs SD70Ms in storage, a welcomed surprise rounds the bend as MALPR approaches Bensenville, to bypass, and eventually Proviso.
A slightly earlier return back to Eola from Western Ave in the city, the 457 job coasts west with a GP & a 40.
After a traffic jam in Bensenville, 287 makes its way north on the New Line towards the C&M with an SD60 & T4 Gevo.