Shortly after sunset, BNSF MGALPEI heads east through Yates City with a SD60M leading a pair of lease bombs.
Burlington Northern’s executive passenger train passes a weed sprayer work train at Yates City, Illinois, on June 24, 1995, giving participants of the annual Galesburg Railroad Days a ride on th... (more)
Yates City, population just shy of 660, hardly classifies as a city at all but its quaint, small-town charm is temporary interrupted by the noisy passage of BNSF freight M PEIGAL1 27A on the light... (more)
Burlington Northern’s EMD F9A-2 BN-1 and F9B-2 BN-2 roll out of Yates City, Illinois, on June 24, 1995. The passenger train is operating on the Galesburg to Peoria line as part of Galesburg Rail... (more)
Empty Hennepin coalie heads back to Wyoming for another load.
Empty coalie from Kincaid heads west on the jointed rail section of the Peoria sub just west of Yates City.
A TP&W freight breaks the silence in the small town of Yates City.
BN1 leads the Galesburg RR Days excusion as it departs Yates City on its way back to Galesburg, IL.
An empty coal train rumbles past the old depot in tiny Yates City on a warm spring afternoon.
In conjunction with Galesburg Railroad Days, the BNSF ran a special from Galesburg to Yates City for employees and their families. This year the train ran with an LMX leaser and 3 BNSF biz cars. ... (more)
