A pair of freshly painted former Rock Island GP18s leads a sister unit on a Chicago Rail Link drag passing through Pullman Junction. Tom Golden photo.
Tom Golden photo.
Rail Links "road freight" crosses Halsted Street on the approach to Gresham Interlocking. The train will then get on the Metra Rock Island District and will go to Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island.
Making its move from South Chicago to Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, the CRL opens it up on the 'mainline' of Metra's Mighty Rock Island District. The depot framed in the shot has been derelict for... (more)
This Sunday morning job gets ready to work the yard and head back to Irondale Yard.
CRL 15 and CKRY 903 back into their Blue Island yard, between Metra's BI yard and IAIS's Burr Oak's yard and past BI Tower with one box.
At CRL's locomotive shop theres quite a bit of power, starting from the left is CKRY GP10 #903 owned by OMLX, CRL GP18 #15, Midsouth GP10 #1039 owned by OMLX, then 2 CRL GP7 hi-hoods #'s 617 and 6... (more)
