Search

Belt Railway of Chicago sister units trail dead in tow on the BNSF Paducah local

BNSF L-CHI6571-20I departs Woodlawn after doing its work with three recently acquired PAL SD70Ms from the Union Pacific.

A BNSF GE and EMD locomotive pull BNSF E-PFKBTM0-04A out of the Woodlawn siding after having to wait on two coal loads

The Evansville & Western local does it's usual M-F run through Woodlawn as a thunderstorm in the back approaches. The railroad uses nothing but EMDs for power

BNSF L-CHI6571-23I passes through my hometown headed south with a warbonnet on point

BNSF 9752 serving as a DPU on BNSF C-ATMCLS as they shuttle into the Woodlawn siding for the day

BNSF 7552 leads a coal empty out of the Woodlawn siding with a Grinstein MAC in trail as a storm is approaching

BNSF SD70MACs power a southbound BNSF coal train with the Grinstein MAC leading. One of the very few equipped with PTC

This does look like a normal H2 BNSF Dash 9 but closely look you'll see the logo marked out and with small GECX reporting marks. Here is 4888 sitting on thr BNSF/EVWR connection waiting to be picked up

BNSF L-CHI6571-25I is powered by two BNSF Dash 9s sporting two different paint schemes, the warbonnet, and H2 paint.

This BRC unit south of Chicago was bound for NRE Mount Vernon. EVWR was going to pick this unit up after it was dropped off from the BNSF

GMTX has sold some of their Geeps to Progress Rail (PRLX). I may not have caught many of them from time to time but here's my best shot of one headed southbound to Mayfield KY at the Progress Rail shops

This SD60 has had MANY of owners from CNW 8015 to UP 5952, CIRX 5952, HLCX 5952, NREX 5952 and now she's here as WAMX 6017. Here is the engine sitting on EVWR tracks waiting to be picked up by BNSF

BNSF L-CHI6571-18I this day had two CP SD70ACU units bound for Mayfield KY dead in tow. These units were broken down and needed fixed. Here they are entering my hometown

The BNSF Paducah has not seen a consist greater than this! There was a lot of stuff going to Progress Rail in Mayfield and NRE in Mount Vernon so it made this once in a lifetime lashup

These two oddball CP units are seen here trailing on BNSF L-CHI6571-19I and are bound for Progress Rail in Mayfield KY. I'd say they are getting repainted since both of these units have already been rebuilt

This ex SP rebuild has seen better days. Now it's been sold to National Railway Equipment and was bound for Mount Vernon IL

This line was owned by CSX up until 2006 when EVWR took over. However CSX geo train W001 ended up running on the EVWR with classic CSX power. This was a nostalgic moment for me seeing CSX power on their former tracks

The Evansville & Western railroad dropped off something very interesting for me at my hometown. Ironically this line was owned by CSX until 2006 when EVWR took over

This shortline you're looking at is the EVWR. Here is their local pulling out of my hometown headed east on a hot summer day