The one train of the day in full sun was the one that counted: a pair of DMIR SD45T-2's thunder west toward Iron Jct.
The daily-except-Saturday local, the Davis Turn, thumps through Hampshire at a steady 30mph; returning to Davis Jct. after an early morning run to interchange with the EJ&E at Spaulding.
An evening Metra rolls under the CNW signals at Edison Park on the UP Northwest Line.
Milwaukee 261 pauses for a ballast train to clear ahead if her train. Yes, it was stopped.
One of CN's finest, adorned with Santa Clause and a festive engineer, swings around a nice curve north of Honey Creek.
A pair of Iowa 700-class GP38-2s sit in Evans Yard after a night of switching.
WSOR 10A enjoys another sunrise.
A pair of WSOR SD40-2s lead a slow-moving freight toward Janesville, the leader obviously ex-UP, has already received a horn transplant, and is now equipped with e beautiful-sounding RS-5T.
A dirty BN white face leads another BN SD40-2 through scenic Hinsdale on their way out of suburbia.
The Dubuque local returns to Iowa after leaving the tunnel and BNSF junction across the river.
A pair of Heritage 1 locos in the form of a B23-7 and a GP lead a BNSF manifest east in early morning sun.
UP's Proviso-DesMoines manifest high tails is under the CNW coal tower at Nelson.
A CSX C40-8W thunders south with 8 engines and about 80 cars in tow on the old Monon, complete with a friendly wave from the engineer.
A brand new repainted IC SD40-2 in CN colors leads a nice lashup west through Elmhurst. This train would later be stopped in Addison because I called in 3 locked brakes.
A trio of IAIS GP38-2s lead their train East under an old Rock Island signal bridge in Mokena.
