A "new" GP38-2 leads pulls the local today, with one hopper for Pepperidge Farm and 4 lumber cars for out west in Sugar Grove.
After at least 10 minutes of blocking the only crossing in downtown Ladd, this truck driver pretty much floored it when the train finally cleared. The train is backing up to put a bunch of bulkhea... (more)
After dropping off all but 3 cars in Ladd, the Zearing job crosses a rural road on a trestle in the woods north of Spring Valley, headed for LaSalle.
403 with a frozen coupler slows for a stop at Hinsdale.
Empty hoppers head west with an ACe on the point.
Bam!
Today's #5 has 5 cabs, but wait, only 4 locomotives! AMTK 658, an HHP-8 normally restricted to the Northeast Corridor, is hitching a ride to Pueblo, Colorado to be put through some testing.
BNSF 4723....Why does that number sound so familiar?
Rain, fog, and trains - just another day in paradise.
A friendly wave from the helper engineer on a loaded coal train downhill.
An Amtrak switcher moves a MARC commuter train around the yard amongst a mixture of single and bilevel cars. Taken suspiciously from the parking garage.
It's Saturday morning but the sled hill's already worn pretty well since just about every school was closed Friday.
Metra makes a grand entrance into the station.
That's about 17,600 horses dashing through the snow.
The Illinois Zephyr had become the "Afternoon Zephyr" by the time it reached Chicago nearly 3.5 hours late due to the previous night's snowstorm.
