A southbound passes JB Tower in West Chicago.
It's late 2012 but this could easily be a scene in the mid 1990's. CNW power passes underneath an en-dangered CNW signal bridge on a beautiful afternoon.
After being turned, the CNW 8701 and CNW 8646 waits for signal clearance on track one at Turner Jct to head back to Global Three. Not real sure why they wound up turning the power but it worked ou... (more)
CNW 8646 and CNW 8701 roll toward the wye at the east end of West Chicago Yard to be turned. Then they will run light power back to Global Three in Rochelle Illinois.
An IC SD70 blasts by JB Tower in West Chicago.
CN C40-8W 2183 leads a manifest south over the diamonds at JB Tower.
A southbound MGEX coal train heads south as evidenced by this pan shot.
After waiting for two CN trains and two Metra trains to clear a UP train rolls off of the connector and past JB tower in West Chicago as it heads for Global 4.
With the morning rush over, the UP ran an entire fleet of eastbounds into West Chicago.
A outbound train slows for the stop ahead in West Chicago.
Blasting towards its next station stop, a mid evening commuter train hustles through West Chicago. Notice that all the lights are on!
A westbound intermodal train from Proviso meets an eastbound loaded coal train from the Powder River Basin.