Shoving a load to Big Bay Lumber.
"Uh, hold on..." Just an example of why this isn't your average local.
Just a little locomotive running round the bend.
A local resident and his young son gaze at the train occupying their street as ILSX 900 ties onto an empty syrup tanker.
The 900 heads down the siding past the Peerless shipping/receiving dock to grab a tank car, possibly for the last time???
ILSX 900 cruises down Schubert Rd. enroute to the Peerless Candy Co., which is highly rumored to be closing within the coming months. Conflicting rumors from inside the factory say otherwise...
The 900 crosses Fullerton Ave, entering the ever problematic Lakeshore Athletic Club parking lot. Today was no different, as around 8 cars got towed out of the path of the Chicago Terminal.
The little switcher bounces through the parking lot of a local strip mall as a Chicago family looks on.
Chicago Terminal's 5 man crew are underway strolling down Kingsbury St. enroute to the switch off to the Lakewood Branch. The crew today is running up to the Peerless candy company to pick of a ta... (more)
Chicago's newest RR addition, this Chicago Terminal RR SW8 started life as an Algoma Central unit that was eventualy renumbered to WC 900 and placed into storage, and 5 years later... what do you ... (more)
Logo on the cab of the new Chicago Terminal railroad unit. I have to admit that it looks like some effort was put into making it unique to the city of Chicago.
Well, here it is, the replacement for the CP's Division St. job.
Former Algoma Central switcher sits in the morning sun.