Just after stopping at the old station. The engineer wanted to move the train up farther because the only things in front of the station were the three locomotives and the crew cars.
Wow....One of those moments you'll never forget. A steam locomotive coming at you and you're standing on an open, grated metal bridge. After the shot I jumped out of the way, just as another guy s... (more)
405 glows in the setting sun, its colors much more vibrant than usual. Guess whose shadow that is?
One of a few Metra F40PHM-2s with mismatched numberboards.
183 is back on the lead of a train. It had spent a while behind an MP36 on a doubleheader.
Flying under the signal bridge is 406 and 197.
406 with 182.
Another ex-C&NW C44-9W, followed by an ex-C&NW C41-8W, an SD40T, and an SD70M. A very nice lineup. This train had to stop and wait for a BNSF intermodal to pass over the diamonds.
Just met with that ex-C&NW unit's train at the grade crossing. A younger railfan waves to the crew as the train passes.
Cab of 6930, which is rusting away at IRM. Taken through the window.
The control stand on BN 5383, taken through the window.
The control stand on 92. This is one of the only cabs you are allowed in at IRM, but you can climb onto the walkways a lot of the locomotives there.
Pulled in a few minutes after Amtrak's Illinois Zephyr.
Double-header with two F40PHM-2s.
Newly numberboarded 402 "State of Illinois" takes up the whole crossing as it slowly pulls in. Nice VW, too.
