The "Rail Net" nears Zearing Yard, completing its trip from La Salle.
The Rail Net crosses the wooden trestle, just northwest of Ladd.
The Rail Net prepares to bring its train into the yard.
104 departs out of La Salle, headed for interchange with the BNSF at Zearing.
On a beautiful, winter's morning, the IR's 104 Job crosses a wooden trestle in Spring Valley, passing over a lonely road in the woods.
GWR 5625 and IR 5 bring a cut of cars into the yard at Zearing.
Great Western 5625 rolls through a brief snowstorm on 90-pound rail from 1906-1911 as it slowly makes it's way towards Zearing and the BNSF Mendota Subdivision.
It's a unique case of "Old Meets New", as Great Western Railway 5625 meets a few ES44s at Zearing while taking it's cars from the Illinois Railway and spotting them in the small yard off of the BN... (more)
Looking as if she needs some repair, the original EMD GP20 demonstrator unit sits shut down in LaSalle.
Omnitrax applied their new paint scheme to EMD's former GP-20 demonstrator. Serial number on frame is 5625-1. It saw service on SP as GP20E 4117.
Omnitrax is the current operator switching the huge brewery built along BNSF's (ex-Colorado & Southern Rly) Front Range Subd. 5625 freshly painted new scheme March 2005 and 2243 painted Dec. 2004... (more)