With a long string of coal loads for Detroit Edison, BNSFs lone PTC pinwheel 70mac takes the charge as they cruise through LeLand, and into the sunrise.
On a crisp sunny morning, the small town of LeLand is awoken by the unmistakable sound of a 70mac cooking through… today, with loads for Detroit via NS.
As the sun nears the horizon, the last former Western Maryland active SD40, along with another one of CSXs older EMD models, the SD50, highball out of Leland with an empty coal train in tow. After... (more)
A BNSF Manifest rolls East just outside of Leland, IL
Running at track speed, IRM's handsome Nebraska Zephyr passenger special cruises away from the rapidly setting sun, nearing Leland, IL.
Peek! The nose of the WB Nebraska Zephyr. Must have been taken at at least a 1/500 of a second.
BNSF 5985 pushes hard at the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train. The SD70MAC leader was pretty smoky, as evidenced by the front of the train.
1st #30, AK-SAR-BEN Zephyr. Yes it is July, but the weeds between the pavers of the platform are not knee high yet.
CB&Q 153C and 153B were FTA and FTB built in 1944. 153A was a rare F2A built in 1946.
A loaded coal train, followed by another of the same, both of which have been sitting here for about 48 hours (which is common practice these days on the Mendota Sub), idle away just west of Lelan... (more)
The outbound Carl Sandburg flies through Leland on the Mendota Sub
