Eastbound BNSF stack train blast thru the small town of Ransom. This town is located east of Streator, IL. The elevator is setup to load shuttle train off the BNSF by looping the trains.
L CHI102 gets underway at Ransom, after picking up a grain car from the siding.
BNSF 7213 highballs through Ransom at track speed, rounding the curve.
Stacks out of LPC are about to highball under Route 170 in Ransom.
Super FleetOn the very first run of Super Fleet GP60Ms, the Santa Fe QNYLA train speeds through Ransom, Illinois, on May 20, 1990. Only two GP60Ms were delivered by EMD at this point (N... (more)
Four GE products lead an eastbound UPS train into the fairly large town of Ransom. In the past few years, new turbines to harness wind energy have been sprouting up as older infrastructure such as... (more)
The Los Angeles-Willow Springs Z9 speeds eastbound on the Chillicothe Subdivision. Towering over this UPS hotshot is the massive Grainco FS facility that has grown substantially since the days of... (more)
A westbound Z train rockets around the Ransom curve.
This westbound isn't wasting any time, as it passes the Ransom grain silos at 70 MPH.
East of Ransom and nearing Kinsman, this eastbound is hot for Chicago, doing every bit of the 70 MPH track limit.
Four BNSF GE's easily make track speed in Ransom, preparing to duck under IL-170.
The classic, Ransom shot.
Passing the grain silos in town, a pair of DPU's shove hard on the rear of an eastbound stack train.
BNSF 7494 leads a westbound stack train under Route 170 in Ransom.
L CHI102 hustles west through the outer edges of Ransom, bound for Galesburg with a couple 4 axle Geeps and a Dash 8.
