A "classic" Heritage I Wedgie (with ATSF plow to boot) leads today's high priority IM train bound for Portland.
A fairly clean Gevo leads a now veteran BN SD70MAC on a westbound coal empty.
A repainted ATSF B40 leads an old school combo (insert NS SD40-2 and BNSF GP7u) westbound under an eastbound CN M348 (overhead).
A pair of CN's finest ::ends sarcasm:: leads this BNSF manifest bound for Kansas City, Kansas.
A trio of UP AC4400's, the third of SP heritage, pull hard up the hill into La Fox. Check out those cheapo number boards on 6562.
A trio of former CNW SD40-2's leads todays Council Bluff's bound manifest. A lash-up like this could never get old.
Fellow railfans Ian Contreras and Matt Lastovich get the shot of a UP coal load over the scenic fox river bridge. Braving cold temps and nearly falling in the Fox River for a good shot, thats how ... (more)
A loaded coal train coasts toward the red signal at 41.2 before high balling East to West Chicago and backing onto the J for a trip south toward the Will County coal plant.
A former CNW GE leads a manifest from Des Moines over the hills of La Fox.
A repainted IC SD40-2 leads a former KCS SD40-3 Sub-lettered for GTW on today's 337 train bound for Waterloo, IA.
This 70MAC is far from home hauling coal trains in Mid-West America, instead hauling a heavy manifest out of Chicago.
Finally an over/under at Lavergne. CN local R953 strolls west light power over BNSF M CNIKCK (CN 6011) while BNSF Z CHCSSE (BNSF 5505) makes up his train in the background.
An MRL 258 on long term lease to the BNSF leads a former ATSF SD40-2 on a Stack Bedford Park, IL to Tacolma, WA (Blair Terminal) train.
A former CR SD50 and CEFX grey ghost SD40-2 idle away along the NS Chicago Line and EJ&E Lake Front Line.
A trio of orange SD38's race East toward the EJ&E Lake Front Line and finally State Line Power Plant.