After a mostly cloudy day, the sun makes a welcome late afternoon appearance just in time to see a westbound with 3 SD9043's tote a manifest under the old coaling tower at Nelson.
A pair of newer ES44AC's ease a stack train under the ex-CNW signal bridge at Nelson, IL as they prepare to make a left turn and head south toward the connection with the BNSF transcon near Edelst... (more)
The railroad at Nelson is pretty quiet on this cold night. Not much has moved the past few hours as the signals show all red thru the many control points thru this area. The classic coal tower sti... (more)