Union Pacific's Belvidere based local is returning from Loves Park on a chilly January day. The train is passing the Car Barn for Trolley Car 36 which also uses these rails when the weather permit... (more)
Motorists take evasive action to give way to the Loves Park turn, as the train gingerly navigates the street running on Madison Street.
A pair of GP15-1s and 4 loaded gons take a stroll through along the banks of the Rock River as they head towards Belvidere after making a Loves Park turn.
On a windy and frigid cold morning, UP’s KD Local crosses the Rock River with two GP15-1’s and two interchange cars from the IR to take back to Belvedere. The conductor rides the head end over... (more)
UP’s KD local heads back towards Belvedere with 5 cars from Cimco, as they street run on Madison Street past Mary’s Place in Rockford with two UP GP15-1’s, Y700 and Y644.
A pair of UPY GP15-1's bringing 3 tank cars through some street running track in Rockford, IL.
UPY GP15-1 705 heads light Northbound on Madison Street in Rockford with the KD Local, heading to Cimco in Loves Park.
Photographer unknown, from my collection.
UP 1038 rolls through downtown Rockford.
UP 1038 has just entered street running on Madison street, as MOW personnel walk the train over some questionable track.
CN 2659 is clearing the rails off after the first snowstorm of the 2015/2016 Winter.
New paint is still a year away as ICE 4207 & 4206 show off their SP roots as they bring a freight thru Rockford, IL in May of 2004. ICE 4207 is ex-SP 7246 and is now Copper Basin 304.
UP GP40-2 5245 leads the KD local south down the street trackage in Rockford and past Mary's Place,
With their work in the Rockford area all finished, UP 5245 and crew are well on their way back to Belvidere.
Union Pacific still does some good old fashion street running in Rockford.