Only a few days after Thanksgiving, the Christmas wreaths are out in force in Downers Grove. MP36 405 poses here with its train at the Main Street depot. Scanned from ISO 400 print film.
Two SD40-2s lead an westbound stack train through the decorated town. Burlington Avenue parallels the tracks for quite a distance to the east of here, no doubt named after the CB&Q.
407 pulls Lisle's "Polar Express," with Santa and other characters onboard, at trackspeed through Downers Grove. While not as impressive as Pere Marquette 1225, it's still nice to hear an MP36 roa... (more)
Here comes another great lashup on BRCGAL...BN 8020, CN SD40-2 5386, CSX Dash 8 7371, NS Dash 8 8414 (with the front door open), NS high-hood GP38-2 4148, and finally HLCX SD40-2 6219. The train w... (more)