BNSF 6214 leads a empty coal train west through Hammond.
BNSF 5723 leads a empty coal train west through Westmont.
BNSF 5916 leads coal empties west through Galesburg.
BNSF and UP coal trains sit at the plant in Powerton.
UP 8450 brings up the rear of a eastbound coal train in downtown Wheaton.
As seen from a guided tour of Galesburg Yard during railroad days, a GEVO brings up the rear of a northbound coal train on the Brookfield Sub passing behind the hump tower.
BNSF 5655 leads a empty coal train west through Naperville.
BNSF ACe 9193 leads a empty coal train west through Pine Junction.
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An executive SD70MAC sits as a DPU of a empty coal train at Powerton Yard.
BNSF 6048 brings up the rear of a northbound coal empty at Saluda.
Executive SD70MAC 9775 departs Galesburg with a westbound empty coal train, meeting a CREX GEVO leading the geometry train.
NS SD40-2 6137 leads a empty coal train south along the Kankakee Belt just south of St. John. Very unusual to see a SD40-2 leading a coal train in 2017.
NS SD40-2 6137 leads a empty coal train south along the Kankakee Belt in Highland. Very unusual to see a SD40-2 leading a coal train in 2017.
NS SD40-2 6137 leads a empty coal train south past the old NYC signals at Osborn Junction.