CN 2709 is just about ready to pull away from the elevator at Tolono.
A pair of CN units waits to depart Champaign under dense fog.
A pair of CN (ex IC) units pulls a mixed freight south past some silos. Note the birds scared off the silos from the rumble of the ~50 mph train.
A BNSF switcher works the yard.
That's a lot of Metra trains...
An afternoon shot of Amtrak's busy yard... the smoke is from the ground air system for the passenger cars.
IHB 1500 and UP 8161 wait to take their trains east at Riverdale.
A UP unit sits in the siding near the University's generating station under interesting skies and lighting. The photo has not been enhanced in any way.
A beautiful sunset silhouetting an idling NS unit.
CN 2709 ready to depart after switching the elevator at Tolono.
CN 2709 leads a grain train past a rural crossing at track speed.
BNSF 712 and 6358 are the power that transported tie gang TP05 from the Mojave Desert to Hope, Kansas in two days. With the mainline protected by a derail device, the empty train sits in a siding... (more)
Under contract to the KCT, BNSF trackmen make saw cuts at 5:30 AM in the first minutes of a 36 hour window.