| Photo |
Date |
Place |
Description |
|
1994
|
Creston,
IL
Map only
|
Twenty minutes after that, another
EB freight comes through with two Dash-9 units.
See Rochelle, IL
Railfan Info Page
Railfan Info Page
for railfan info on this line.
|
|
1994
|
Creston,
IL
Map only
|
The CNW was good that day.
Shortly after the three eastbounds, a WB freight shows up.
See Rochelle, IL
Railfan Info Page
Railfan Info Page
for railfan info on this line.
|
|
1994
|
Malta,
IL
Map only
|
Then we moved
to Malta to catch a WB empty unit coal train 25 minutes later as the sun
broke upon the clean lead Dash-9 unit.
See Rochelle, IL
Railfan Info Page
Railfan Info Page
for railfan info on this line.
|
|
1994
|
Rochelle,
IL |
EB freight crossing BN diamonds.
Grassy area in front is now occupied by the Railfan Park gazebo. |
|
|
1994
|
just west of Rochelle,
IL |
WB freight passing large grain
elevator company. Just caught this one as you see another railfan
was already there. |
|
|
1994
|
Rochelle,
IL |
EB freight (with coil cars) crossing
the BN diamonds. |
|
|
1993
|
Des
Plaines, IL |
Caught this WB freight unexpectedly
on the New Line crossing Mt. Prospect Rd. as I was heading out to railfan. |
|
|
1993
|
Des
Plaines, IL |
Close-up shot of lead units.
The engineer was not thrilled of our location and let us know as he passed. |
|
|
1993
|
Des
Plaines, IL |
PRJA freight on the other end of
the cutoff at Seeger where it merges in with CNW's Northwest Line.
Northwest Hwy (US 14) is just to the left of the of the NW Line tracks
on the left side of the picture. US 14 (Northwest Hwy.) parallels
the NW Line through all of Chicago's NW suburbs. Mostly sees Metra
traffic (approx. 62 Metra trains/weekday). |
|
|
1993
|
North
Lake, IL |
EB entering North Proviso Yard. |
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