Bult in December of 1986 for the Oakway leasing company. CN 5475 now wears the red and black. Seen here waiting for its next assignment in Freeport, IL as the local to Rockford and back.
Crews as Silver Creek Station are busy steaming up Silver Creek & Stephenson Heisler No. 2 for the first run of the morning. The engine normally burns coal, but was burning wood this weekend.
The daily Waterloo Yard to Kirk yard manifest train has just doubled back up after meeting its counterpart 337. CN will run these manifest trains up to 12,000 feet, that means the trains can only ... (more)