A light power move heads west on a very cold Thanksgiving day.
CN SD75I 5705 leads WC SD45 6615, IC GP40 3129, CN SD40-2W 5258, BNSF C44-9W 796 (Warbonnet), and WC 3027 (Flag Unit) on the Markham bound Q118. Phew! ...and the train wasn't even that long.
A nice clean CN Dash-9 leads a southbound on the IHB.
A very nice lash-up on the daily Belt Ry. to Galesburg manifest. An ex ATSF SD40-2 leads an NS high hood GP38 and a former ATSF C40-8W. Only the third unit was online pulling over a mile's worth o... (more)
Finally some variety on a Z train, a furball SD40-2 leads a BNSF SD40-2, a GP60M, and a GP60. Sounded quite nice at 40 Mph.
The IHB 910 Job comes South with a string of cars for the Iowa Interstate in Blue Island.
A pair of GE's head up this CN manifest down the IHB.
An SD60M leads a coal train with brand new cars west into the setting sun.
IHB 3862 pulls off the BNSF Chicago Sub light power after interchanging a string of intermodel cars. FYI, IHB 3862 is rebuilt from BN SD40-2 6330.
A CN manifest heads for Homewood.
IHB #4012 just sits idling... not sure of the locomotive type, it has a "GE" manufacturers plate on it. This loco sat here and idled for at least 24 hours (it was still there the next morning)
An ex-SP GP40 basks in the afternoon sun. The unit sat here overnight.
IHB 1520 mated with PB-1 drags a string of loaded coal cars out of LaGrange toward Argo Yd.
The Illinois Zephyr lets passengers off at LaGrange.
