A rare BRC TR4A goes about the never-ending task of switching cars at Clearing.

Though this Genset may be fairly new but it's looking a little rough now with damage to the front and back of the locomotive. A bulkflat split a switch and derailed into the genset and a light po... (more)

Four Wisconsin & Southern SD40-2's wait on the West end BRC's Clearing Yard for their return assignment back to home rails. Included in the grouping is WSOR 4030 sporting the 30th Anniversary pai... (more)

Matching Fuel Rack- By sheer coincidence, I liked how the BRC's fuel rack matched CP 277's normal IC&E power, getting serviced at this major crossroad of commerce, on Chicago's southwest side... U... (more)

A pair of SOO SD60s prepare to depart Clearing with a transfer to Bensenville.

Whole lotta switchin' goin' on! Four engines, an SD38-3, two MP15 DCs, and a GP38-2, take their turn at making switching or transfer moves. There always seems to be a lot going on at the massive... (more)

Of all the times I've been to Clearing Yard this is the first time I have seen the BRC working the industrial spurs on the North side of the yard. At this moment they are backing a single box car... (more)

BRC GP38-2 No. 581 and crew switching at Clearing Yard in Bedford Park, IL on August 14, 2008.

With BRC 560 & 583, now on the hump and ready to shove there cars over the hump, BRC 530, a SW1500, pull its first cut of cars out of the eastbound bowl, and starts to assemble a outbound train.

Belt Railway of Chicago, SD40-3 560, is mated with GP38-2 583, as they sit in front of the East End Operations building, waiting to couple on to a cut of cars to shove over the hump.

The fresh pair of UP9908 and UP9901, two new SD59MX units, pull their transfer up to the Western limits of the Belt's Clearing Yard at Harlem Avenue. 10 units will occupy number series 9900-990... (more)

BRC SD40 561 shoves back into the yard for another cut of cars.

This little SW1200 was sitting to pretty in the sun to pass up as it waits for transfer out of Clearing Yard.