WSOR 4001 heads west into the setting sun, running at a restricted speed of 10 mph due to the new untamped installation of welded rail.
An extra rock train that had layed over in Bardwell overnight now has a fresh crew out of Janesville and is headed west in front of the late running CJ. Powering the train is the last operating SD... (more)
The late Chicago to Janesville train throttles up as he rounds a bend toward Walworth, WI.
The trio of WSOR SD40-2's cruise west across the open landscape of Wisconsin, thankfully autumn has taken hold and the farmers have chopped most of their RR blocking crops.
A very late Chicago to Janesville train makes a rare appearance on the Fox Lake Sub running west in partly cloudy late afternoon conditions.
A pair of CSL switchers double team a lengthy string of coke hoppers and scrap gons toward their yard on the south side.
A trio of ATSF Geeps lead two more 4 axles on the daily local from Willow Springs to Galesburg as they double up in the Joliet yard under stormy skies.
A loaded coke train bound for the Indiana Railroad heads south down the Belt, ducking under 31st street and preparing to slam the CN diamonds at Hawthorne Jct. This train in itself is a hard catc... (more)
A freshly repainted IC GP38-2 works the east end of Hawthorne yard on a beautiful autumn morning.
A BN white face SD40-2 leads a snoot CEFX SD40-2 on an NS bound manifest.
UP 1988 and 2001 lead a generic brand SD70M on the eastbound bird as it swings around the wye headed for Canal St. Yd.
An extra ethanol train heads east with a nice looking IC SD70 in the lead. The train picked up a bunch of manifest at Freeport, bringing the "illusion" of a unit tank train to an end.
After a hard days work, IC&E 4206 and DM&E 3830 sit occupying the N/E quadrant of the Davis Jct. wye awaiting the next days duties.
A pair of DM&E SD40-2's cruise over the mighty Mississippi with manifest for Huron, SD.
The daily MCCHU heads north through Green Island with a pair of DM&E's uniquely painted SD40-2's.