A Belt Railway of Chicago SD40-3 and GP23ECO await their next assignment as the railroad's Clearing Yard in Chicago.
A Belt Railway of Chicago local passes by a set of NS power in Clearing Yard. One of the BRC's MP15's is the power for today's train as it heads towards Hayford Junction.
Two Belt Railway of Chicago jobs work one of the Clearing Yard hump bowls. BRC 237 is pulling a cut of cars out of the yard as 560 waits to shove in.
A BRC MP15 shoves back into the yard from Hayford Junction alongside a CN ethanol train on the right. A UP lead manifest freight and a BRC belt job are working the yard on the left.
A BRC GP23ECO ties on to a cut of cars from the hump bowl on a sunny March morning. A MOW crew is doing some quick work to one of the switches in the foreground.
BRC 237 pulls down a cut over covered hoppers as it switches cars at the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard. A set of NS power awaits its next assignment in the background.
The Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard is always a busy a place, and this March morning is no exception. Four crews are hard at work including a hump job shoving cars with a SD40-2 and slug s... (more)
A Belt Railway of Chicago yard job pulls down the lead with GP23ECO 237 as CN L503 builds their train in the yard on a sunny March morning.
BRC 231 works a cut of cars in BRC's Clearing Yard in Bedford Park, Illinois. This unit was rebuilt from a GP40 to a GP23ECO.
BRC 150 arrives at Best Foods to perform the afternoon's switching duties.
A Belt Railway of Chicago MP15AC makes a move through Clearing Yard.
BRC MP15AC 150 makes its way south at 63rd Street, nearing its destination of Clearing Yard.
BRC 150 south leads the industry local through Nerska/LeMoyne on a sunny afternoon in Chicago. Charter Steel and Best Foods were the two industries switched today. Up ahead at Archer Avenue, the l... (more)
BRC 151, an MP15AC, pulls up to Hayford Junction. From here, the train will shove back towards Clearing Yard and switch a local industry.
A pair of BRC Centurys are seen bringing a transfer south along the B&OCT to Barr Yard in nearby Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.