A former Milwaukee Road SD40-2 heads east through Argo, bound for a crew change at CSX' Barr Yard. In Argo Yard, an SW1500/slug set waits to go about its business.
DME 6367 leads train S334, the daily manifest from Grand Rapids to Toledo, OH, through Sunnyside on its way out of town. The 6367 is a former Milwaukee/SOO SD40-2 (MILW 206 - SOO 6367 - HLCX 6367)... (more)
With only 12 minutes to sunset, a pair of EMD's leads #473, freight from Bensenville, IL to Nahant, IA. The leader is an ex MILW SD40-2 (206) and is 41 years old. My understanding is most of the... (more)
CP's southbound 474 holds the mainline at Le Claire with a pair of DME SD40-2s and the last SOO SD60M while BNSF's northbound Clinton job takes the siding with a pair of ex-ATSF B40-8W's.
Q334 rolls through the signals at Elmdale as it makes its way east. At this location a line broke off and ran north behind the depot to Lowell, Greenville and eventually east towards Alma and Sagi... (more)
6367 is running along at track speed at Woodbury and has just split the old searchlight signals at 116.3 as it leads 334 east for Toledo.
Q334 with a nice leader has just passed the former location of MA Tower and now starts up hill towards Trowbridge where the tracks level out shortly after the CN Diamond.
DM&E 6367 South rolls through a classic neighborhood in Bellevue, IA.
6367 passes the old PM search lights in Grand Ledge as it makes it trek across Michigan bound for Toledo.
DM&E's "City of Umler" leads Q334 east toward Toledo from Grand Rapids as it passes the west end of Fox, from here i would shoot this about 6 more times to Lansing MI.
As the CP crew exits, the CSX crew prepares to board the DM&E 6367. The train is now running on the CSX Barr Subdivision and is running as the K477.
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern SD40-2 6367, the former Milwaukee Road 206, cools its heels at 83rd Street on the IHB.
After just missing getting "skunked" by a westbound CSX stack train, the 686 ethanol train prepares to roll under 71st Street with a nice DM&E SD40-2 in charge.
About to make the move from IHB to CSX, DME 6367 hits the diamonds at Blue Island Junction with CP train 686.
A westbound IHB transfer enters the Argo Yard as a former Milwaukee Road SD40-2 heads east for the CSX.