At a pace slower than a snails pace, an eastbound Doublestack train for the Chicago area crawls past the Rochelle Railroad Park with a Phase II SD70ACe up front.

Three units pull a heavy manifest up the two percent grade of Cajon as the sounds of EMD's and GE's breaks the silence of the pass.

An empty cement train races past the Lehigh Cement Company's plant in early morning light, as the remnants of a passing storm still linger in the area.