This are nice-looking cabooses, and still in proper use. Too bad about the graffito, even if it is "Chicago's own."

Finishing off a string of cars, BRC 573/573B roll slowly back down the east side of the hump to do it all again.

Catching some rays at sunset, CP 8797 sits around with a couple BRC units.

When these extended-cab GP50s came out in the mid-1980s, they were the cutting edge for EMD. They also sported tiger stripes. I'm glad they've kept their Cascade Green.

Full house at the fueling racks.

High priority stacks bound for the Pacific Northwest pull up alongside a bunch of ratty NS hoppers in the rain. Both (and one ahead) will wait for UP traffic to clear before proceeding through th... (more)

The City of Belle Fourche is idling in the Savanna yard, while a trainman tries to position an EOT for a switch onto the BNSF Peavine (Barstow Sub). Savanna saw plenty of unusual operations durin... (more)

In the yard, a pair of Cascade green geeps await assignment. The 3121 is now over 20 years old, has a post-production nose headlight (see Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP50
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 3121
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 18, 2008

A westbound UP train cruises toward the crew change point in Clinton, IA, while James and the Giant Peach look on nearby. According to my sources, this 164 foot gold dome built in 2006 holds 60,0... (more)

Burlington's Depot, which has seen so many trains, some famous, was in no state to take visitors on June 22nd. The water was a foot or two higher, judging by the brown stains. Off screen to the ... (more)

Signs of midwest floods show up in Chicago, as extra locomotives normally used for service on the Chief, Zephyr, and Empire Builder clog up the Amtrak service yard.

Eastbound Conrail leaving IHB's Blue Island Yard, approaching Dolton Tower.

The Hotel Burlington, at one time one of the finest hotels in the midwest (and now affordable senior housing) stands by with basement pumps running. The BNSF Ottumwa Sub was not yet open, but the... (more)

Another sunrise, and still standing in water. The caboose and museum look on forlornly, waiting for BNSF traffic to roll by.

On the morning of the longest day of the year, a CP train touring on the IC&E due to flooding in Wisconsin has come off the Sabula bridge, and is now crossing the diamonds with BNSF. The bridge b... (more)