Canadian National Freeport local has arrived at Rockford working remaining East Side industrial area.

Belvedere Local pulls a single car for Rock Valley Chemicals on a remnant of the C & NW KD line along the Rock River. The KD, Kenosha Division, once extend to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Grand Trunk Western 5936, the last remaining GTW SD unit, lists to the right as the crew pulls an empty from Atena Plywood.

B66 bounces down the Rockford Branch, heading south to Davis Junction, where it will perform the day's switching duties.

B66 progresses through downtown Rockford, after switching at the yard.

Illinois Railway Museum's CB&Q E-5 moves crosses 18th Avenue on the Rockford branch on it's trek to Trainfest 2011.

After a successful appearance and excursion at Train Fest, the IRM Zephyr trainset & motors head home to Union, crossing the Rock River over the ex-CNW Freeport branch.

The CP TEC train (Track Geometry) operates from Davis Jct,IL to Janesville,WI and return for the first time ever. The train is southbound just south of theCN diamond.

An eastbound ICG piggyback train storms through the Illinois Central passenger station at Rockford behind a trio of Paducah rebuild Geeps.

Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - www.trainsite.8m.com/rrslides.html ---and--- Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Rockford, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BN 1604
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1975

The UP crew has pulled their empty centerbeam from the lumber yard a couple blocks up. They now start their trip back down the line towards downtown. Where they will tie onto their other car and h... (more)

Having just come off the KD Line with their one empty centerbeam. The crew ties onto the empty flat car and prepares to head back east to Belvidere with their big train of two cars.

UP light power slowly make their way up the KD line to grab a empty centerbeam. The KD line was an old Chicago and Northwestern line which ran from Rockford IL. to Kenosha Wi. The line now ends in... (more)