The absolute LAST thing you expect to be leading a BNSF train.....
nose detail on this rare ex-BN GP15T. Note the word "Springfield" on the frame just below "BNSF," the meaning of has been explained thanks to the knowledge of other railpictures members.
a doubler header Metra highballs west. I saw this same pair earlier in the day east bound. Both of them were smoking like Alcos.
What a move! An EMD geep, an ex-BN GP30, and an ex-BN GP15-1
An untouched BN SD70MAC leads a westbound empty hopper train through Aurora as loads wait for him to clear. In the distance, M-BRCGAL is also getting ready to head west.
A pair of BN exec. SD70's idle away crewless on this frigid evening.
West bound Metra stops at Main Street sometime after six o'clock
West bound Southwest Chief passes CSX 697 working the IHB transfer
Military train headed west
The lounge car just after leaving Chicago's Union station, we are literally racing west out of Chicago, passing multiple metra/frieght trains on the way.
