An oddball consist, consisting of two ECO units, a CP SD40-2 and a SOO GP38-2, lead 282 into Bensenville yard.

282 arrives at Bensenville on a sunny afternoon, with quite the lash-up. We have a pair of brand new ECO units, a CP Pacman SD40-2 and a SOO GP38-2.

A pair of CP GP20C-ECO's, a CP SD40-2, and SOO GP38-2 lead CP 280 towards Bensenville Yard

CP's newest power has taken over nearby Muskego Yard, and now, it appears on road trains as a big manifest rolls towards the Milwaukee depot behind 2 "Aardvarks", an SD40, and a SOO GP38.

Southbound 282 train heads for Bensenville during the biggest snow storm in Chicago for the 2012-2013 season.

A pair of freshly rebuilt SD60s haul the daily international stack/rack train into Milwaukee, Wisconsin as my truck sits stuck on an unplowed road dangerously close to the tracks.

Two ACs haul a quartet of DIT lease units back to their master through a wealthy neighborhood in Brookfield, the houses behind me and to the left cost well over 1 million dollars. With the economy... (more)

CP SD40-2 5965 leads 282 south around the curve at Howard Street. Ever since 276 and 277 were moved off this line, consists like this are hard to come by north of Bensenville.

A colorful lashup heads east with a monster 282 train.

Miller Brewing watches over the old Milwaukee Road as two new CP GEVo's and some elder GE's ease a 282 train through a "code-failed" Grand Ave.

282 slowly advances up to Irving Park Road, where it would hold for a Metra, before continuing in to Bensenville Yard. It just knocked down the signal at Bryn Mawr, on the outskirts of O'Hare Inte... (more)

CP 282 heads south through Des Plaines, behind a pair of SOO Line SD60's and CP 4446, a recently repainted SOO GP38-2.

CP 282 heads rolls outs its final mile as it passes Edgington just east of Bensenville.

CP 282 heads west on the Elgin Sub between Mars and Mount Clare after taking the C&M Sub all the way down to Tower A-5. Normally, this train takes the cutoff to the UP at A-20 and runs directly to... (more)

CP 282 stays away from its usual route, as it rolls south under the UP bridge, just past Techny Junction. A pair of ICE SD40-2's and a Soo GP38-2 have honors today.