On a sunny afternoon in Waterman, the 476 job races west for Rochelle to switch out the Burlington Junction Rwy.

Around midday, with the sun shining bright, BNSFs 476 job crawls across the Rock River into Oregon to switch sand cars for Illinois Railway. Speaking of Illinois Railway, IR 3500, seen 3rd out, ta... (more)

After holding for the Portland doublestack, the 476 job screams towards Rochelle, seen here outside Shabbona, with a Burlington Northern paint SD40 up front.

Riding on home rails for the first time in a long time, former BN SD40, now BNSF 1706, screams west through the small town of Hinckley with a long cut of cars for Oregon & Rochelle.

A former Santa Fe SD40-2 leads 476 west past the depot in Steward.

The 476 job races west into the town of Waterman, IL, with a former ATSF SD40 up front.

A pair of SD40s, the leader bearing Santa Fe colors, fly through Hinckley with the Rochelle local in tow... bound for Eola.

On a very windy spring afternoon, the oh so popular 476 job crawls west out of Sugar Grove after waiting for a stack train. Todays local features a Hudson Bay SD50, headed to the Illinois Railnet ... (more)

A former ATSF SD40-2 leads 476 west past the Ho-Ko Turkeys sign west of Waterman.

R-CHI476's power runs around to the other end of the small yard in Oregon.

With the 60m breaking, BNSF ran the 476 job with a sole Bluebonnet SD40 for power, seen here curving out of Shabbona, IL.

A former Santa Fe SD40-2 leads R-CHI476 west through Flagg Center.

A former Santa Fe SD40-2 leads R-CHI476 west past the old CB&Q depot in Shabbona.

With only 2 more days until the official beginning of spring, a former ATSF “BlueBonnet” SD40 coasts through Steward on the former BN, passing the namesake depot in the heart of town.

The 1755, a former Santa Fe SD40, breaks the silence of the small town of Hinckley, IL. Today this veteran takes charge of the 476 job, bound for Rochelle, IL & Oregon, IL.