Heading back to Galesburg, BNSF 288 rolls down the BNSF Barstow subdivision.
BNSF 288 pulls train BNSF M-GALGAL towards Galesburg, Illinois on frigid winters day...
The 403 local crew has died in the siding at Warner, tied it down, and is cabbing home to Galesburg while the train waits for a shuttle crew.
Sold to Progress Rail Locomotive, ex-BNSF 8147 has been re-leased back to the BNSF and received some crude patching before re-entering service. The original BN SD60M is paired with CITX 3085, a v... (more)
A freshly painted H3 SD60M heads up BNSF's P-811 concrete tie machine as it slowly crawls around the curve between Warner Siding and Orion. By the time the rear of the train clears, the wood ties... (more)
An empty oil train heads west on the Barstow in rural Illinois.
An eastbound Iowa Interstate detour move charges the hill near Orion on the Barstow sub, destination Galesburg and then the Peoria sub to IAIS rails in Peoria proper.
Due to a derailment at Tiskilwa the previous morning, the IAIS detoured an eastbound train from Colona to Peoria via Galesburg and the BNSF. The detour is seen holding the siding at Warner for 2 ... (more)
A westbound empty taconite train approaches Warner.
I'd bet if I went back there today this Ford truck would still be seen on this farm.
This colorful eastbound heads through Warner on a frosty/foggy morning. Note 3 types of "Heritage" paint: H2, H1, and experimentally painted 9297.
5 engines = 5 different paint schemes. Here we see Warbonnet red/silver, BN green/black, KCS grey, BNSF H2, and CN black/red.
A pair of nice Warbonnets with 60 flatcars of John Deere combines for export hold at Warner for M-of-W to clear.
One of the first BNSF ES44DC's leads an eastbound manifest to Galesburg.
BNSF's 823 local is headed for Barstow, IL where it will drop its train which consists of cars for the Quad City area. Once the crew picks up their outbound cars, they will return to Galesburg, I... (more)
