UP 5761 crests the top of the hill at La Fox, Illinois, and begins it's run down the eastward slope with a train of loaded Commonwealth Edison (CWEX) hoppers bound for the generating station south... (more)
While waiting for Conductor Spika to set a few switches, Engineer Vahey checks out the inner bowels of CF7 No. 5 as it prepares to make the short trip back to La Salle with a cut of new hoppers.
Engineer Kevin Vahey works the throttle on Illinois Railnet 5 as it works it's way up a hill east of Zearing with a cut of cars that have just been interchanged with the BNSF.