A rather new UP SD70ACe leads a stack train westbound through Rochelle. Stack trains and coal trains seem to be the predominant traffic through Rochelle on UP, with occasional manifest and autorac... (more)
Five BNSF units lead a westbound Z train under the CB&Q era signal bridge just west of the diamonds in Rochelle, IL on a splendid spring evening. This was the only BNSF westbound we saw during our... (more)
Westbound coal empties snake around the base of the mountain, approaching the signal at the east end of Quinnimont. The view up here, located in Grandview State Park, is quite exceptional!
A westbound manifest sits shut down and tied down on main one at Pine Junction in Gary, IN on CSX's Chicago Line. In the short time we were here, the train did receive a recrew, but was still wait... (more)