Unpatched, 3-window BN SD60M teams up with an MRL SD45 on a short mixed freight running wrong main. Nice!

The first revenue run of the new logo! Looking good as it passes through the curve at Belmont Road in Downers Grove on its maiden voyage. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7687
Train ID: S-CHCTAC-3-07
Photo Date: March 08, 2005

Here it is! Side detail of the new-logoed ES44DC. Of note is the yellow top grab iron, the K5HR234a5, electronic bell, and yellow reflective stickers. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Cicero, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7687
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 07, 2005

Here it is! Cab detail of the brand new locomotive. Notice the reflective hash marks on the bottom of the frame are yellow, instead of white. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Cicero, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7687
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 07, 2005

An odd AC/DC lashup struggles with a loaded coal train. The whine of the EMD and then the sudden chugging as they passed was quite nice, actually. This lovely signal bridge will soon be gone, unfo... (more)

Two Pumpkins and a CSX SD40-2 start smokin it up as they pass under the signals in Hinsdale. Notice the Sears Tower to the left of the locomotives.

The outbound SW Chief bears two Dash 8s today, for a total of 4 locomotives. Also bringing the paint schemes to a total of 4. The eastbound CZ had a P40DC #843.

Two Pumpkins and a CSX SD40-2 are looking big and powerful as they pass by at track speed.

A BN SD40 and NS Dash 9 pull over Washington Street in downtown Naperville. The signal bridge at left is one of the few on the line in which the supports widen at the bottom.

5642 has still not been sent back to CN 6 months after it was in a pulpwood truck accident: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=54828. The cab is cluttered and the windows covered with ca... (more)

5642 has still not been sent back to CN 6 months after it was in a pulpwood truck accident: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=54828. The front has been rebuilt and new ditch lights, plo... (more)

The westbound CA Zephyr is reflected in a trackside pool caused by melting snow due to 40 degree temps. Here, at MP 21, is a small memorial for someone who was killed at the Washington Street Cros... (more)

METX 185 backs out of the station as BNSF 8098 and 6709 (Bluebonnet SD40-2) bring a stacker through town. The last axle on the last car of this train was screeching & pouring out smoke because it ... (more)

The usually boring lashups on BNSF are broken today with, unfortunately a Dash 9 leading, but an unpatched SP AC44 tacked on third. It's number 356.

Inbound Metra slows down at crossing and gives a long long short long due to a gate malfunction. The gates would go down, bell dinging, then the bell would stop, and about 5 mins later they would ... (more)