METX 195, surrounded by Spring.
404 takes an express under the Fairview block signals.
5354 and a pair of Santa Fe GP60s bring an eastbound intermodal under the beautiful CB&Q signal bridge.
Westbound grain train heads through Downers Grove IL, just east of the Belmont Road. Metra station.
Well, seeing a GEVO has pretty much lost it's excitement now. Case in point is a pair of AC's on a coal empty headed west that was just as exciting as a pair of BN Executive 70MACs.
An afternoon dinky slows down to stop on the center track on the crossing. As you can see the other two tracks are occupied by another Metra and MoW. The conductor hangs out of the 2nd car so he c... (more)
A short CSX transfer intermodal from Eola Yard is pulled by a BNSF SD40-2 and MRL SD45. They pass a Magnolia tree starting to bloom.
Don't adjust your monitors - this Dash 9 really is that faded!
NPCU #90215, lookin' good, slows down at Main Street due to a "crossing malfunction" apparently reported to BNSF. Actually, the gates were working, but hey, we got some horn because of this "probl... (more)
A new GEVO leads a CR SD50, NS SD70M, and BNSF GP60B east on a power move. Pope Saint John Paul II: May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005
Todays Norfolk Southern train to Galesburg runs with all BNSF power, including 3 SD40-2's and a B40-8
2 GP38's come back from switching the Pepperidge Farm plant, just a half mile east
