A very unexpected leader on the River Line this morning, in the form of a BC Rail barn unit, leads the way on JSW1. The BCOL colors go nice with the EJ&E orange.
CN transfer job seen off 79th Street on the IHB.
The daily River Line job makes its back-up move, as it prepares for its switching duties.
The old EJ&E JSW1 has a colorful lash-up this morning, as it heads south down the River Line, with an IC GP38-2, a refurbished Aux Sable switcher and an EJ&E SD38-2.
JSW1 heads south down the River Line, with a nice lash-up, consisting of EJ&E SD38-2 661 and IC GP40R 3106.
CN 5368 and EJ&E 658 roll out the final leg of their River Line journey.
Who needs a plow? A widecab GP40 bust through drifts the old fashioned way as it leads the first freight since the blizzard down the former EJ&E Illinois River Line.
On a sub zero, wind chill afternoon, EJ&E 661 and 658 lead a very late JSW1 to Minooka.
After cutting their train in half, CN 5518 and IC 1019 lead the old JSW1 into the Aux Sable plant.
The air temperature is a couple degrees below freezing, as the old JSW1 rolls south through Minooka. An SD60F/IC SD70 combo is definitely an oddball consist on this job.
On a perfect, Fall morning, the JSW1 local heads south through Shorewood, powered by a pair of those wonderful, orange SD38-2's.
The conductor heads back inside, as JSW1 rolls south for another trip down the River Line.
A 272 axle JSW1, the longest I've ever seen on the River Line, nears the end of its journey. 668 is currently the only repainted EJ&E so far.
EJ&E 661 and 672 head south down the River Line.
EJ&E 658 brings the JSW1 into the Joliet Yard, as it has done many times in the past.
