It's 2:30 in the morning, and most of eastern, rural Illinois is quiet as a mouse... With the exception of Rochelle, of course, which is booming with railroad activity. Here we see a westbound f... (more)
A UP stack train bound for Global IV slowly makes its way east through Rochelle. Sandwiched between a pair of armor yellow widecabs is a Ferromex GEVO.
Unit numbers are 8184, 8194, and 8124.
Classic set of old EMD's.
A UP rack train screams through the Illinois country side.
Four SD70M's lead a stacktrain east through rochelle.
Some young railfans wave and take photos of the passing Union Pacific train.
The ex-CN unit in a much better paint scheme now.
UP ES44AC 7637 leads a stacktrain east towards Chicago, Illinois.
Neat! 4 big EMD lead a stack train through Rochelle.
Shortly after the morning fog has dissipated, an eastbound freight with a 90MAC at each end glides past the facilities of Consolidated Grain & Barge west of Rochelle.
A westbound CSX passes by the Rochelle Railroad Park on the BNSF Line.