M BRCGAL's great lash-up shoves back to the train waiting on M1. In the process, it passes under the classic CB&Q searchlights.
M BRCGAL heads west by High Street in Aurora, IL. Rolling along in golden, evening sunlight, Warbonnet SD75I 8286 leads the way, followed by a CSX AC4400CW, a Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP50, a BNSF GP38... (more)
A colorful lash-up, consisting of a CSX C40-8W, an NS C40-9W and a BNSF ES44DC, leads the M BRCGAL west through Montgomery.
A very nice leader today, on the westbound M BRCGAL, in the form of a Conrail painted C40-8, one of thirteen remaining in Conrail paint. Here, it passes through Naperville.
Bluebonnet GP60 8701 is in charge of the mixed freight from the Belt Railway of Chicago to Galesburg today, followed by a pair of Warbonnet GP60M's and a Warbonnet Dash 9.
BN SD70MAC 9817 is just about to ready to depart Eola Yard with the westbound M BRCGAL.
ATSF Warbonnet GP60M 133 heads west through Mendota, preparing to make its back-up move into the yard.
Classic Warbonnet painted power switches around Mendota before departing for Galesburg.
A very nice lash-up on the daily Belt Ry. to Galesburg manifest. An ex ATSF SD40-2 leads an NS high hood GP38 and a former ATSF C40-8W. Only the third unit was online pulling over a mile's worth o... (more)
GTW 4614, built in March, 1957; WC 7528, built 1971. A combined 82 years of freight-hauling experience at 50mph in Run 8! You should have heard it. Mendota Sub rules!
The crew of today's M-BRCGAL is lucky. If they had waited another 10 minutes to come through, they would have been sitting in a siding with Metra fever. :)
Ex ATSF 688 leads today's Belt Ry. of Chicago - Galesburg Manifest.
After setting off the Detector at 10.2 with dragging equipment, BRC-GAL sits in Brookefield with a dead crew blocking main 1. Second out is BNSF 6143.
BRC-GAL's power heading to the BRC.
MRL 301 coasts by trailing a BNSF C44-9W. Atleast the sun came out.
