After a day of heavy rain, the sun comes out to illuminate the largest operatable diesel in the country, on display for Railroad Daze.
The Bensenville - Proviso transfer heads east through Franklin Park with a pair of the new SD59MX rebuilds.
A solid set of SOO units leads a manifest train through Franklin Park on it's way to the Belt Railway of Chicago at Bedford Park.
The sun set is seen through the cab of a Grand Trunk GP38 as it waits at the east end of Canadian Pacific's Bensenville Yard with a Canadian National transfer run. Railroad: Grand Trunk WesternLocomotive: EMD GP38Location: Franklin Park, Illinois, USALocomotive #: GTW 4914Train ID: N/APhoto Date: August 23, 2009
Taking cars back for UP's Proviso Yard, CP job G39 has some of UP's newest rebuilds for power.
Getting the F40C's was one of the goals of this trip. Never thought the 614 would still be in service 19 years later! Shown in its previous darker blue paint scheme. Built May 1974 as MILW 54, you... (more)
A freshley repainted C40-8 takes a transfer from the CP at Bensenville to the UP at Proviso.
NS 4271 takes the CREATE special on its first leg of its journey around the Chicagoland area.
An eastbound manifest departs Bensenville Yard, with a SOO SD60 mixed in with three CP AC4400CW's.
On a cold, November 1st, the CP 5926 pulls out of Bensenville Yard for headroom.
A UP transfer rolls through the Tower B-12 interlocking headed for CP's Bensenville Yard.
A CP westbound crosses Edgington Street before entering Bensenville Yard.
Metra 107 shoves an afternoon inbound train through the Tower B-12 interlocking. The moon can be seen rising above the train in between the power lines.
IHB 3861 & 2923 lead a transfer from CP's Bensenville Yard into Norpaul Yard.
