Manifest traffic from North Platte, NE to BRC's Chicago Clearing, IL yard heads east through Dement behind a clean leader.

BNSF 1755, a former Santa Fe SD40-2 in great "Bluebonnet" paint, idles away on a local in Rochelle, IL in beautiful golden light.

An original SP painted ac44 leads MMTPR into G3 at Rochelle.

Burlington Northern, BN SD40-2 7183 leads a eastbound at, Rochelle, Illinois. December 9, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

A UP GP40-2 leads a road freight into G3 for a setoff and pickup before continuing east.

EB freight. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

NS 2680, a recently re-activated SD70M-2, meets NS 8098 as it leads a westbound oil train through Rochelle, IL. One would normally see this kind of meet out east somewhere, but today this is happe... (more)

Due to a severe CPKC derailment in Reeseville, WI, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder was forced to detour over the BNSF Aurora Subdivision for the first time in many years, and the first time over... (more)

First catch of the day on my first visit to Rochelle. Eastbound gran cars with a fakebonnet second out.

Widening the throttle out of Rochelle: A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD9s intensify their chant as they pull a welded rail train over the Union pacific (former Chicago & North Western) diamond... (more)

CSX's Law Enforcement unit leads a empty ethenol train West past the old CNW depot in Rochelle.

BN GP39M 2804 heads east as it's about to hit the diamond at Rochelle. The 2804 is somewhat interesting in regards to GP30's. It was one of eight GP30's built for the SP as their 7402.

On the afternoon of December 28, 1995, a Burlington Northern local freight, arrives at Rochelle, Illinois. The “caboose hop” is powered by BN GP9 No. 1977, a former Spokane, Portland & Seattle... (more)

KCS 4009, a Kansas City Southern SD70ACe dubbed the "Saluting KCS Heroes" unit, leads an empty UP grain train bound for Evansville, WI past the Rochelle Railroad Park. The unit, per KCS,... (more)

BNSF 617 (AC44C4M), a former Warbonnet, leads a westbound baretable train through Rochelle, IL.