UP's Olympic duo leads intermodal train IG2G2 into Rochelle, the pair looking crisp in the November sunlight after having been repainted in UP's North Little Rock shops several weeks prior.
UP's 2002 Winter Olympic duo rolls into Rochelle leading intermodal train IG2G2, a daily turn originating at Global 2 in Chicago to Global 3 in Rochelle and back again. The pair was recently repai... (more)
The Olympic Duo passes by the famous "Big Red Barn" located at MP 38 on the Geneva Subdivision.
Just Like Old Times……..Sort Of The Union Pacific absorbed the Chicago & North Western in 1995, but some memories linger on. Here UP’s C&NW heritage unit leads a Global 3 – ... (more)
Union Pacific has had the Southern Pacific and Katy heritage units on IG2G2, the Global 2(Proviso) to Rochelle, IL turn. Here they pass the "Red Barn" which is a famous place to shoot trains on th... (more)
UP 1996, the SP heritage unit leads quite the colorful consist today on IG2G2 which includes UP 1988, the Katy heritage unit, 2 freshly repainted AC4400CWs, and a BNSF ES44C4.
A dream come true. I have always wanted to shoot the C&NW Twins passing C&NW signals. Well on the morning of my birthday, I said enough was enough and made a dream a reality. C&NW 8646 leads the w... (more)
One last run. C&NW 8701 leads sister unit 8646 on IG2G2 as they head east through the small town of Creston, IL. About a week after I took this picture, it was announced that the "Twins" would be ... (more)
The past still lives in the present...
Heritage meets Heritage...
UP 6070 leads a baretable train bound for Union Pacific's Global 3 intermodal facility on a cool crisp fall day.
A thunderstorm is rolling in over Northern Illinois as the Rio Grande heritage unit pulls the IG2G2 passed the global 3 intermodal facility, where it will shove its train into the yard due to trac... (more)