WC 3027 one of just two GP40-2's owned by the WC and also wearing a special paint job sits inside the Homewood shops after being pulled from several months of sitting in the deadlines outside. 302... (more)
While the CN recently has put a few ex-WC GP 40's back into service these 5 geeps are getting work done to prep them for sale. The buyer wanted the units in working order so the shops is getting t... (more)
Woodcrest shops service tracks have a few units this warm evening. The 2512 is getting some work done to it after some touch paint was done on the nose. Woodcrest doesn't do the heavy painting lik... (more)
5936 is one out of a group of ex-GTW SD40-2's to be brought out of storage and reactivated it is now the last SD40-2 to wear the Blue and Orange as the 5937 was repainted a few weeks before. Here ... (more)
The IC E-units sit quietly inside the Woodcrest Shops with unknown fate. These 2 units don't see much service anymore as the 103 has been doing the work on CN executives trains lately. These units... (more)
What a treat in 2012! Both these railroads fleets of motive power have been decimated by the CN for one reason or another. Between 8-10 WC GP40's are on property here, although the lease ends at t... (more)
After a pick up at Markham Yard, BCOL power rolls past the Homewood photo platform on the way to Gary Indiana.
Holding down on one of the yard leads to Markham Yard, the engineer aboard WC 2001 has a chat with a fellow yard crew member before backing his consist up into the yard shops
A former GTW GP9R puts the train together before departing toward Kankakee.
This was a good catch! A pair of British Columbia units work Markham Yard prior to finishing it's run to Kirk Yard in Gary Indiana.
NBEC 1818 and 6905 sit outside of the wheel shop at CN's Homewood shops awaiting disposition. 1818 was later sold for scrap and most likely scrapped on site and the 6905 was sold to the DMVW.
Two days before Christmas and the yard in Homewood hums with activity on a beautiful winter morning. (900th Photo)