CP 2816 flys through Mars on it's way west to Franklin Park.
Illinois Railway's two original B23-7s work between Oregon Yard and the Silica plant west of town. What a surprise it was to us when we saw the train, as we thought a BNSF stacker was comming.
A veteran WC GP40-2 leads two veteran WC SD45s westbound. When this train hit the detector at MP38, it said the train length was 5082FT, and the train's speed was 50mph. Yes, 50mph. He was haulin.
419 chills on stub track #2 at Elgin.
One of UP's few unstored SD40-2s heads towards Yard Center.
The WSOR EAS slowly traverses the Wisconsin Lake Bridge.
MP36 415 sits in the middle afternoon sun at Elgin.
An HLCX SD40-2 leads a CSX SD40-2 around the connector at B-12 for the IHB as IC&E 6407 with the M-AUCC come east through town.
An old road warrior rests on this Saturday night.
Metra 418 powers a local past the "Taste of Roselle" and the crowd. The trains were quite the sight to the unsuspecting crowd.
UP 7310, a fake Big 6, leads a MT coal train west. I'm glad the second unit wasn't leading.
CSX Q597 heads south with one of CSX's C44-9Ws on the point.
After running around it's train, UPY 721 heads back north for DeKalb and Proviso.
UP 2990 (x-C&NW 6858) leads a ballast train through Mount Prospect.
KB&S 705, now with loads in hand, power about 40 of them up the hill through Earl Park.