EJ&E 674 waiting it out at the laundry building in East Hazle Crest.
A pair of former DM&IR SD38-2s switch Proctor Yard as the sun retreats at the end of a warm summer day.
EJ&E SD38-2's 673 and 672 have a heavy train in tow, as they take headroom at Kirk.
EJ&E 673 and 672 pull their lengthy cut of cars out of Kirk Yard, as IC 1018 and CN 2438 wait for permission back in to retrieve their train.
A once orange EJ&E 658 comes out of the south end of the Joliet yard sporting a new coat of CN red & black colors. It's reporting marks "E.J.&.E" are stenciled on the side.
It's blue hour in Waukesha and the sun will be up in about an hour and a half. EJE 663 has just pulled down to the Waukesha Depot to grab paperwork and coffee and will soon head back north to work... (more)
Power off an inbound grain train is about to back through the TZPR yards to get put on an outbound Cedar Rapids coal train. Of local note, IAIS power is rarely seen at this point on the TZPR.
A pair of EJ&E SD38-2's, 675 and 657, pull out of Kirk Yard for headroom. Always nice to catch a pair of J's!
Before heading into Gibson, the Harbor's only SD38-2 and an SD20 switch out the little yard just west of Hohman Avenue.
A single SD38-2 has this empty grain train moving at track speed on the former Rock Island line out of Peoria, Illinois.
Running Repair.
As the sun begins to set, a father and son watch a CSX work train hustle by from the historic Point of Rocks station.
The conductor for the Kirk local comes back after throwing a switch so they can make a reverse move to pick up some empty coil cars.
At first glance it appears the DM&IR #215 has been added back to the E-Lead Switch, but in an odd pairing its actually the DM&IR #403! Tunnel motors almost always draw road trains but it certainly... (more)
