Westbound UP 7426 leaves the Global III intermodal freight yard at Rochelle on an early spring evening.

30 minutes after sunset an East Bound crosses the BNSF at the railfan park

BNSF 3178 leads the Rochelle local under the endangered CB&Q searchlights at the Railroad Park.

KCS 4117 lead's a G AGMBRC through Rochelle, IL eastbound on a remarkable Sunday evening sunset.

UP SD70M 5210 leads a westbound intermodal under the two CNW signal bridges in Rochelle. Just out of view to the left is a new cantilever upright. Soon this classic CNW scene will vanish forever.

BNSF 6624 leads a westbound intermodal under the CB&Q signal bridge and its replacement west of the diamonds in Rochelle. Two birds observe from on top of the Q bridge.

UP SD70AH 8943 ducks under the CNW signal bridges at the Rochelle diamonds. Both of these vintage signal bridges will shortly be falling to generic cantilever signals.

UP 5913 pull's a coal train through Rochelle, IL eastbound as it start's uphill climb to Creston.

A westbound empty coal train slams across the BNSF Aurora Sub at Rochelle. The signal gang is working on updating the signals at this busy diamond. On the BNSF side the signals are in but not oper... (more)

The Belt Clearing Yard to Northtown Yard freight train is being rounded up by the Chicago to South Seattle Q-train on the small section of double track at Rochelle. Both trains were held by the UP... (more)

CN overhead rights train eastbound approaching Rochelle on exCBQ exBN BNSF Cicero main

Rolling eastward past the Rochelle Railroad Park, loaded Wisconsin Power and Light coal train CETSH 02, led by a matching pair of AC4400CW's, ducks under a set of C&NW searchlight signal signal br... (more)

TRESPASSER!!! In a strange quirk of fate, CNW 8646, one of the two famed "CNW Twins," the last two CNW units in original, unpatched paint, managed to find its way onto it's longtime rival's tra... (more)

UP SD70ACe #8507 leads MMCPR past Global III at sunset as it enters the city of Rochelle, en route to Proviso.

UP 6052 leads 2 patched SP's under the soon to be retired CNW Searchlights at Rochelle, IL.