Two IC SD70s leading M33791 make for a great chase on a Saturday afternoon! It has been a long time since I have been able to get two SD70s leading a train on the old Iowa Division. The Dubuque ... (more)
After meeting M33891 at Freeport, IL M33791 heads west towards Dubuque, IA with CN 8876, CN 2715, IC 1039, GTW 5855.
WB CN M33791 races to the sunset through Elmhurst.
A nice daylight catch on this stretch of railroad. Most of the CN trains run in the dark across Northern Illinois these days.
Westbound for Waterloo, M33791 heads west in the early morning sun.
Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago - Waterloo heads west towards Galena, IL in a rare daylight move over this stretch of railroad.
Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA Freight Train beginning the climb up the hill into Scales Mound, IL.
IC 1007 finishes up his switching at Hawthorne and prepares to head west.
M33791-07 has just rolled into Freeport, and for once in decent lighting. They had two IC SD70s. In my opinion, you can't beat that! Here the engineer, Jim, is climbing down from the lead unit aft... (more)
A pair of former LMSX Dash 8's stretch their legs over the BNSF main departing Hawthorne Yard, doing every bit of the 25 Mph speed limit.
Regular Merchandise Train from Chicago, IL - Waterloo, IA. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)
M-337 rolls into Dubuque with 45 minutes to do work before they run out of time.
M-337 with pick up pass a dead GT 4908 at the West end of the Dubuque yard
M-337 rolls thru Dubuque Jct past the last remaining Chicago Central & Pacific sign in this area. Adair Yard was changed to CN Dubuque Yard this summer.
