2 MAC's haul 200 empties around Callendar curve
According to radio chatter, a few pasengers thought this was the 10:33 and tried to board with Metra tickets!
A defective sander shoots a slow but steady stream of sand onto the rail while the P42 is in the station.
EMD's over Washington Street. 14 ft 5 in is the clearance on this BN bridge.
5 BNSFs and UP lead this manifest west. If you look closely, you'll notice a Bilevel Bombardier coach for the New Mexico Railrunner commuter railroad.
Amtrak P42s 138 and 61 highball the Southwest Cheif past the Route 59 Station.
Having been received new from the CSX just 6 days earlier, consecutively numbered BNSF 7773, 7774, and 7775 are at the very beginning of their careers as they race west on the Chicago Sub between ... (more)
Peace, man! CSX power leads an ex-BN GP39E on a heavily-flatspotted manifest west, making discussion with the Amtrak engineer running the train pulling in behind me very difficult.
BNSF 967 in the stunning H1 Pumpkin paint scheme, leads a GATX SD40-2 Leaser, a Montana Rail Link SD45, and an H2 BNSF Dash 9 eastbound through Naperville. This was a great lash-up and sounded gre... (more)
The SW Chief, with a Dash 8 and a Horizon car in tow approaches its Naperville stop.
Oakway SD60 9045 leads a BNSF Dash 9, a Blue CN Dash 8 with IC subletterings, and a CN SD40-2 eastbound through Naperville.
Unpatched BN Executive SD70MAC 9830 and a BNSF ES44AC GEVO 5726 lead a long eastbound loaded coal train through Naperville.
Brand new Metra 8500 Series Cab Car #8591 passes under the CB&Q Signal Bridge at Naperville with MP36 406 pushing hard at the front.
