IC GP38-2 9563 pokes out from behind some cars in the yard waiting for its next assignment.
BC Rail C36-8M 3624, WC SD45 6578, and a second WC SD45 sit in the deadline at Homewood.
A GP9RM/Slug set pulls a good sized 80 car cut out of Markhem for head room before shoving back onto an adjacent track.
23 more bite the dust......none of these were saved, all were scrap by mid Oct. 06.
A deadline full of retired vintage BCOL locomotives - comprised of MLW RS18Ms, GE B36-7s and a C36-8M - basks in the early morning sunlight. In front are C36-8M #3624 (ex-CR C30-7 6609) and B36-7... (more)
GT GP9R 4609 and a GT GP38-2 switch Homewood Yard as they pass near the Metra station.
BC Rail C36-7 3624 and B36-7 3607, wearing both versions of BC Rail's paint, sit in the deadline at Homewood along with other various BC Rail engines.
Illinois Central 6071 sits on display at Homewood Railroad Days. It is one of ten or so testbeds and was built on an SD35 frame.
WC SD45 7581 sits in the deadline at Homewood. This engine, along with the rest of the SD45s deadlined here have their days numbered and will soon be scrapped.
CN SD40 5222, another CN Sd40, and a WC SD45s sit in the deadline at Homewood.
As a long time die hard WC fan, this brought tears to my eyes. Long live the Wisconsin Central!
CN GP9R 7024 idles in the yard with a slug and a second CN GP9R. Sadly, the CN GP9R's are slowly taking over the switching duties, which used to all belong to the beloved IC SW14's.
Repainted IC SD40-2 6135, a UP SD70M, a patched SP SD40M-2, a CN SD75I, and WC Operation Livesaver SD45 7525 lead a southbound manifest at Homewood.
IC SD70 1000, the class IC SD70, waits for its next assignment along with another SD70.
CN GP9Rs 7024 and 7211 sit and await their next assignments at Homewood.
