Headed to Proviso, a set of 7 units begins the downhill pull out of Butler Yard over the CP's Watertown sub in the late afternoon sunlight.
The MBUMHS sand train slows down to round the curve just outside of Tuscola with 3 old GE's leading it elephant style.
UP power threads the tunnels as water cascades from above. In a week, this cascade will be gone.
On New Years Day, a long string of power leads an eastbound manifest out of Centennial Yard past the ex-T&P headquarters building.