The evening Manchester turn job has made good time across the Dubuque Sub with a short 13 car train. The train will setout at Manchester, and then do work at Dyersville and Farley on the way east ... (more)
A pair of Grand Trunk Western GP38-2's, 4933 and 4914, switch Rowell Chemical on a hot and hazy afternoon along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Willow Springs. Dubbed L535, this train origi... (more)
GTW 4933 leads L501 south over Lake Street in Mundelein after doing some switching north of town.
CN Local 513 is backing onto their train after making an intermodal pickup at Moterm.
The GTW 4933 leads train 549 by the old GTW Depot in Battle Creek on it's way to Pavillion to get on the Kalamazoo Spur.
With a little luck, my first trip to Dubuque in months netted a nice leader on a train that usually features CN GEs these days.
Old paint - New paint. Faded blue GTW power passes a newer KCS 4101 with a Southern Belle paint scheme.
Grand Trunk powered local departs Decatur as 4928 belches black smoke against the blue sky and white clouds.
GTW power pulls a monster cut of coal empties down the CN main. In a few moments BNSF power will hook up with these cars to take them out of town.
