IC power gets a 30mph pull on a unit train of empty hoppers rolling up out of the Mississippi valley at Rockdale in Dubuque. I've always loved shooting at this location dating back to the CC&P da... (more)
A nice surprise, on this sunny morning!
Passing a classic EJ&E searchlight signal, IC 1038 runs solo on this westbound taconite train, headed for the East Joliet Yard and ultimately, Eola Yard (BNSF).
A trio of deathstars are moving right along, headed east with taconite loads.
After a crew change in Flint, 397 gets rolling again behind an IC SD70, GTW GP38-2 and a BC Rail C40-8M, elephant style.
An IC engine leads two BNSF and two CN units down the former GM&O.
IC 1038 & IC 2461 rolls back into the yard.
IC 1038 and another CN unit has just cut off of their train and is now heading to the ready track.
Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL heads east towards Dubuque, IA.
IC SD70 1038 and a second IC SD70 lead a northbound manifest past the new Homewood Railroad Park, making no stop in the yard.
BNSF crew takes a CN grain train to Centralia, IL.