Freight as far as the eye can see! This Proviso to Des Moines junker looks like they pulled everything out of Proviso they could find and headed west. The train lumbers along thru Clarence on the ... (more)
A trio of 90MAC's lead MDMPR through La Fox.
A Proviso Yard, IL, to Des Moines, IA, manifest rolls west on the Clinton Sub near sunset. Tuck away between 2 SD70's is a UP switcher alot for the ride to Des Moines. The train is working west be... (more)
A true powerhouse leads a UP mixed bag west through the small town of Malta. Second in consist is UP 1988, the Katy heritage unit, followed by an assortment of older EMD power.
Four UP SD70M's and a UP SD9043MAC lead the westbound MPRDM through Rochelle.
Years back, I remember watching this train pass through La Fox with solid SD40-2 consists. Today, a trio of UP SD70M's hammer down, about to pass under the bridge.
The CNW unit leads west through Ashton en route to Des Moines, IA.
A couple hints give it away, but all 5 units are C&NW heritage. SD40-2 3080 was C&NW 6917, and the unit behind it was a 6800-series. C40-8s 9042/9047 were C&NW 8523/8526 and C41-8 9089 was 8577, t... (more)
UP's Proviso-DesMoines manifest high tails is under the CNW coal tower at Nelson.
Notice the mismatched number boards on this UP United Way paint scheme
UP 3071 and two other SD40-2s haul a manifest westbound, through Wheaton.
UP SD40-2 3071, 2 more UP SD40-2s, and a UP SD70M head Westbound with a manifest through Elmhurst.
United Way train, UP 3300 follows UP 3016 through Morrison, IL
UP 3300 takes MPRDM into Rochelle.
Pirched up in a dead tree stuck on the bank of the Fox River as a nice UP lash-up heads west. That smoke just aboce the locomoitves was from a small fire on the other side of the tracks.
