BNSF 5264 came off the Barstow Subdivision and is now heading west down the Mendota Subdivision. Two classics are trailing and they are a Warbonnet GP60M and a Cascade green SD40-2.
Five lines of locomotives (even more further to the left in the yard) await assignments at the Galesburg Yard. Leaders of the three up front are BNSF 4969, BNSF 8614 and FURX 7290.
BNSF 5666 is the DPU for this loaded coal train. It is entering the Galesburg Yard and passing by Thirwell. The DPU would later be dropped and used in the yard.
Illinois Central SD40-2 6203 is a visitor today at BNSF's Galesburg Yard as it is the leader of this three pack sitting in the yard. A Bluebonnet GP60 and an H2 Dash 9 follow.
A rather handsome paint scheme if I may say so.
Another BNSF Steam Special arrives with great anticipation at Galesburg.
BNSF's "Safety Special" draws onlookers (who in turn draw the watchful eye of the BNSF police) as it makes its way out of Galesburg.
BNSF's "Safety Special" readies itself along side the modern locomotives at the diesel shop.
Making the turn off the Brookfield sub onto the Ottumwa sub, this empty coal train has completed leg one of its reload cycle.
A preserved relic from the steam era is silhouetted against the setting sun.
A pair of remotes, one each representing the ATSF and BN, wait to go to work.
Amtrak NPCU 90222, still in Phase III paint, trails the eastbound Carl Sandburg at Galesburg.
Northtown (Minneapolis) to Memphis manifest heads into its crew change at Galesburg.
This KCS SD70ACe is a long way from home but going in the right direction. Its passing to the right of the BNSF Galesburg yards, but after a quick crew change, it will be on its way to Kansas Cit... (more)
