In a railroad world dominated by GE wide-nosed six-axle power for the past 35 or so years, it is always nice to encounter something a bit different. I was stoked to find GP30s and SD40-2s as loca... (more)

This local passes a land with a lot of wind mills.

A pair of B40-8W's lead L CHI102 west through Lockport. In a few miles, the the train will perform its switching duties at the Joliet Yard. 102 runs from Hodgkins, IL (GM Yard) to Galesburg, IL.

A pair of former ATSF B40-8Ws, one still in Santa Fe Warbonnet paint, ease their local train onto the Smithboro siding for a meet with a southbound coal train. Even though their duties have been r... (more)

A westbound BNSF local (presumably) heads west into the sunset behind a pair of former ATSF widenose GE's. Those GE's feel at just as "at home" passing under the interlocking signals at Edelstein... (more)

L CHI102 is Galesburg bound, as it's about to pass under the bridge in Ransom.

A weird detour move is taking this M-GALBRC down the BNSF main toward the CSXT where it will jump on and ride to the BRC, instead of getting right onto the Belt in Cicero. Of note is IC&E SD40-2 6... (more)

The BNSF Warm Springs local headed for the NUMMI auto assembly plant in Fremont

The BNSF local heading towards the UP Warm Springs Yard in Fremont. This picture makes it hard to believe that this line is used by many trains a day including mainline auto trains.

Pumpkin H2 BNSF 527 and GP60 8723 made for a short ex-ATSF lash-up on this short Richmond-Oakland stack train.

The BNSF Richmond-Warm Springs Local arrives at Warm Spings Yard