By new years day, 2007 this GEVO is already starting to look dirty. Note the EMD leaser to the far right, a regular resident of the Clyde power pool.

Coming off the BRC-BNSF interchange in Cicero, IL, the westbound M-CNIKCK heads for the racetrack and passes the Cicero Metra station.

A pair of GP38's sort bare tables for loading on the north side of the yard. The Frisco heritage can be seen on the nose of BNSF 2128.

Arriving at Cicero

A bare table train waits to be moved into position for loading.

A pair of GP38-2 rebuilds double team a cut of new scrap hoppers at the west end of Clyde yard.

the new Pink Line still sees blue line trains at rush hour

CEFX 1013 gets fuel on the right track, while BNSF 880059 gives fuel on the left.

Locomotives of Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and BNSF origins can be seen drilling the various tracks within Clyde Yard in Cicero with this view obtained from the Laramie Avenue overpass.

In a shot that might be mistaken for the early or mid '90's, a pair of former BN GP50's double team a stack train past a pair of BN cupola's and BNSF's East End Tower.

A nice array of yard power idles away this weekday morning. Included in the collection is a former Frisco GP38 and a vintage SD9 that dates back to the classic CB&Q days.

A CP transfer heads down the Belt Railway of Chicago bound for BRC's Clearing Yard.

It may be a cruddy station, but it's its last day of operation and at least 6 railfans came out to document it. A CSX manifest rolls through on Main 1 with a bunch of new BNSF taconite hoppers up ... (more)

The 8th-to-last westbound Metra train arrives at the Clyde depot. After more than 124 years of service, the station closed April 1st due to lack of ridership - only 23 commuters regularly use the ... (more)