EJ&E SD38-2s 656 and 661 lead JSW3 west. 656 was the first engine to recieve the chevron paint scheme.
EJ&E NW2 450 and mated slug T-2 hustle from track to track on the west end of EJ&E's Joliet Yard assembling various trains for their various trips.
The Rock Island Switcher pulls a cut of cars off the IC&E interchange. What was once the route of the Golden State Limited back in Rock Island days is now a humble interchange between the IC&E an... (more)
The Bureau Rocket heads north after finishing work at Emerald Performance. Crossing gates are kinda droopy.
WSOR 2003 works "the heater" at UW. Today this engine toils on the Chesapeake & Indiana RR in N. Judson, IN.
There's a nice wooden bridge over the WSOR between Avalon and Bardwell Jct. Today it makes a fine prop for the Janesville-Chicago turn.
A pair of J SD38-2's are in charge of today's local out of Kirk Yard, and after switching Griffith, this attractive pair get under way enroute to their next stop, Chicago Heights.
Saginaw Bay Southern grain train is returning from the Mid Michigan Railroad on the Paines Sub. The train is enroute to Flint. Power included a GP35, M420W and C420.
FEC 101 and friends are positioned during the ceremony celebrating thier arrival at Bowden Yard. No one would have ever guessed they would leave in 2014.
Two Alco C425Ms lead Lake State Railway train 326 South.
P & W # 3906 waiting for some more cars.
Two sets of Mother and Road Mate power idle through the night in front of the yard office.
IORY 4084 leads train 400 southbound over a rough grade crossing south of Rosewood
Having picked up the Waukegan cars, the local heads back west...
This was an easy shot (trafic permitting) of the daily westbound train arriving in the Bluffs on a late summer afternoon. The three Alco's on the roster was a reminder of growing up on Long Island... (more)
