My 50'th picture on railpictures.net! Three EJ&E SD38-2 idle on track two in the snow, in the town of Aurora.
Shoving hard under the "Q" signals with another trip into Chicago.
A symphony in stainless steel. Metra's Burlington Fleet sleeps the night away in Aurora. Note the green-tinted windows, a feature that seems to be unique to Metra.
The inbound California Zephyr meets with a westbound intermodal at Eola.
An eastbound intermodal hits the race track at High Street in Aurora for Chicago.
EJ&E 666 is struggling for speed as the train exits Eola yard and heads toward Normantown. Thanks to the scanner, I got to see this second EJ&E train!!!
The yard is full of scoots waiting over the holiday
A BNSF ES44DC, a BNSF Dash 9 and a CSX ES44DC pass under the CB&Q signal bridge at Eola.
A Bluebonnet GP35u switches the yard.
A six-car outbound Metra train passes by Eola.
"Stay outta here!" However, BNSF allows railfans to park off of McClure Road at the west end of Eola Yard here, just stay on this side of the signs!
BN Executive SD70MAC 9663 waits for clearance to depart Eola Yard.
FURX 7211, an SD40-2 in BNSF paint, along with an NS C40-9W, a FURX SD40-2 in FURX paint and an NS SD60I, waits for a new crew at Eola.
BNSF 5469 west under a classic CB&Q signal bridge.
EMDX 807, BNSF 1374, BNSF 2164 and BNSF 2506 lead a lengthy manifest through Eola.
