The air temperature is a couple degrees below freezing, as the old JSW1 rolls south through Minooka. An SD60F/IC SD70 combo is definitely an oddball consist on this job.

The 513 and 720 are in run 8, as they haul their heavy ethanol train through Minooka.

IAIS 505 (with 503 as the DPU) leads an eastbound, extra ethanol through Minooka.

The railfans line up for their shots of the Rock Island heritage unit, as it makes its first daylight trip through Illinois.

A sight that won't happen again, unfortunately. EJ&E J-Ball SD38-2 662 and EJ&E straight SD38 J-Ball 650 lead the JSW1 south through Minooka. 662 is now working out of Wisconsin and 650 is retired... (more)

EJ&E 674 (now working in Minnesota, along the DM&IR) and EJ&E 650 (now retired) lead the JSW1 south through Minooka, nearing the end of the trip to Morris.

EJ&E 657 and 660 are about a half mile from their destination in Morris. Got to love EJ&E orange in the snow!

EJ&E SD38-2 668 leads JSW1 through Minooka. With two EJ&E SD38-2s now switching at Homewood and two more sent out to Iowa, this once taken for granted thing around Joliet is now endangered.

EJ&E SD38-2 657 leads JSW1 through Minooka. It might be CN's first day of ownership on this line, but who could ever tell?

EJ&E SD38-2 665 leads JSW1 south through Minooka. The red strobe is in mid-flash here.

JSW1 closes in on its destination at Morris, where it will perform its switching duties. Ultimately, this train will return back to Joliet as the JSW2.

657 and 660 slowly lead JSW1 south through Minooka.

EJ&E 674 takes JSW1 through Minooka on this lovely, but extremely cold, Saturday morning.

EJ&E 650 & 668 approach MP25 on an early morning run on the Illinois River Line.

EJ&E SD38-2s 661 and 665 lead JSW1 through Minooka.