With Damen Ave traffic stopped, freshly painted CIRY 1209 continues toward the IHB and BNSF Western Ave yard for interchange. The track looks like it could use some work! Next photo in series is ... (more)

Freshly painted 1209 picks up some gons full of scrap metal before heading to the IHB and BNSF Western Ave yard for interchange. Kevin,is that you?! Next photo in series is Railroad: Central Illinois Railroad Co.
Locomotive: EMD SW1200
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CIRY 1209
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 25, 2010

Freshly painted 1209 waits for Damen Ave to clear before shoving some gons full of scrap metal to the IHB and BNSF Western Ave yard for interchange. Western Ave is next to the blue YMCA building ... (more)

Fresh paint on the 1209 as she crawls into the crossing. Two units on this line is rare, and in this case, is an honor for a crew member moving up in the ranks.

Special paint and special horns, looks and sounds great!

53. Great to see all this old power around the Livingston Shops.

60. A great matched set.

It's been a while since this track was used. Simpson lost a bridge in 2008 and it was finally rebuilt in early 2010. #1201 is dragging a string of empty flat cars to the mill at Dayton. Off in the... (more)

High speed running! Simpson 1201 is delivering a string of empty flat cars to the mill at Dayton and is running around the cars in order to shove them into the mill. Is walking speed too fast? ... (more)

C&IM SW1200s 22 and 23 relax at the engine facility in Taylorville, IL, at the extreme south end of the line.

Surrounded: St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 No. 502 is literally surrounded by the life blood of its employer and owner. Logs and lumber have been the key to the roads existence since it started ... (more)

Bel-Del 8142 negotiates the cluttered and overgrown trackage in West Easton as it pushes west to spot a couple tank cars inside the old Alsthom facility.

For my money, the best-looking switcher in America ... truly a "heritage" locomotive. CIRY 1206, inspired by CB&Q's working man's paint scheme (for the record, I liked the Chinese Red equally), s... (more)

An extra locomotive for parts ... I'm unsure if this locomotive is serviceable on its own, but from the looks of things, its role will be to provide parts to CIRY 1206 & 1209, which sit fenced in ... (more)

Central Illinois 1209 backs westward, pushing a single boxcar. That horn is as loud as it is bright, by the way.