Preparing to stop and drop off a hopper at the glass plant, the local rolls past the ATSF depot and under the pedestrian bridge in Streator.
After setting out a hopper for the glass plant in town, the local heads east out of Streator as the sun begins to set. Today's train is lead by a nice former-Santa Fe GP30.
BN GP28M 1523 and BN GP28M 1510 (two of the three "Think before you cross" locomotives, which both still maintain their original "Burlington Northern" lettering) sandwich BNSF new logoed GP38-2 20... (more)
BNSF 4330 slowly heads east down Main 1, due to an eastbound stack train being dead on hours, which is visible in the background.
A pair of Warbonnets are up front, with Dash 9 4712 in the lead. A pair of H2 Dash 9's follow third and fourth.
A quick chase from Kernan to grab a shot of the DPUs also catches this quick station shot.
BN GP28M 1501 and a unpatched BN operation livesaver GP28M hold at Streator with a westbound ballast train assisting with the cleanup of the previous day's derailment.
Sweet! Bluebonnet/H1 B23-7's sit just outside of the Steator Yard while the workers they dropped off clean up the aftermath of yesterday morning's minor derailment.
Santa Fe F-Unit rebuild. Now that modern locomotives have wide cabs, can you imagine an F-Unit bulldog nose on a SD90MAC?
Neat A-B-B set of BN GE's leading a stack train.
BNSF 5410 East rolls over a bridge in Streator bearing the markings of one of the railroads that combined to form BNSF 10 years ago.
BN GP39E #2759, a BNSF B23-7, and another BN GP39E lead an eastbound manifest over the Vermillion River in Streator.
BNSF Dash 9 #4533, and a pair of sparkling Warbonnets accelerate westbound past the depot in Streator.
