BNSF 1755 leads Y JOL202 West at Joliet. It was quite nice to see a good looking blue bonnet in 2023.
Y JOL202 hustles west over Elwood's Jackson Creek with Bluebonnet SD40-2 #1755 looking sharp on the point.
On a beautiful evening, Y JOL202 thunders across Hickory Creek in Joliet's east side. A veteran SD40-2, still wearing Santa Fe Bluebonnet paint, leads the way.
With a veteran Bluebonnet SD40-2 leading the way, Y JOL202 hustles west through CP Plaines at track speed. #1755 has managed to elude the paint shop despite being underway in 2023, quite a feat if... (more)
An old school H1 GP38-2 leads the way of Y JOL202 this evening as it passes through CP Plaines. Joliet 9 Generating Station stands in the background. A former coal powered station, it was converte... (more)
On a warm evening, Y JOL202 slowly makes its way down the "51 Lead" with a Cascade green SD60M pointing the shove move. With a unit at each end, the crew will work the various industries... (more)
It doesn't get much better than this on the old Santa Fe Transcon in Joliet! A pair of Bluebonnets, SD40-2 1614 and GP50 3167, lead Y JOL202 west past Joliet Union Station and UD Tower, two histor... (more)
It's always great to see Santa Fe blue/yellow rolling down home rails. SD40-2 #1614 approaches the Patterson Road crossing on Joliet's east side. It's in charge of Y JOL202, with help from fellow ... (more)
As Y JOL202 shoves east to the 51 Lead with Bluebonnet SD40-2 #1614, L CHI105 highballs west on Main 2 through the Kankakee River backwaters with a "unibrowed" GP50 leading the way. Wednesday even... (more)
Y JOL202, a BNSF local that runs from Joliet to various industries around the Channahon/Elwood area, shoves down the 51 Lead with a Triclops SD60M and an SD40-2 for power. As the sun heads for the... (more)
Y JOL202 thunders west out of Joliet with a fan favorite Bluebonnet pointing the way!
A fun, four pack of light engines heads west down Main 1, as an eastbound passes on 2. Leading is a Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP50, followed by a BNSF "Smurf" GP38-2, a BN Cascade green GP39-2R and a BN... (more)
Running west in the sweet evening light, Y JOL202 sports BN and BNSF Geeps at the front and ATSF and BNSF (Smurf) Geeps at the rear. A nice surprise!
The engineer cranks her into run 8 as these two Geeps smoke it up out of Joliet. BNSF has taken most, if not all of these EMDX's off lease.
Running ten minutes behind the JOL201 was the 202 with a pair of BNSF Geeps.
