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Amtrak 5, the westbound California Zephyr, rolls through Downers Grove, IL. The train was 30 minutes late after traffic along the BNSF Racetrack held them up, despite an on time departure from Chicago's Union Station.

The sun rises Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District. NS Train 146 heads west towards Fostoria, Ohio.

NS 4851 (TAG Route) heratige unit arrives in Bellevue, Ohio on NS 148 from Kansas City.

Well I took this picture of Union Pacific 1482 idling at the fuel rack/sanding towers within the Pueblo Union Pacific Railroad/BNSF Railway Railyard servicing area waiting on its next assignment.

Well here sits Union Pacific 4170 in a long line of other Union Pacific locomotives on a Repair In Place (RIP) Track in the Pueblo Union Pacific Railroad/BNSF Railway Railyard.

KCS 4667 pushes the rear of CP grain train GMETJR into the Scouler grain facility at Jerome, Idaho on the Eastern Idaho Railroad. The KCS 4667 is passing the head end power with CN 2917 and BNSF 3728.

CN 2917 and BNSF 3728 are backing down through the Scouler grain facility in Jerome, after unloading a load of grain cars. The GMETJR is a CP grain train that comes from Eastport Canada to Jerome, Idaho on the Eastern Idaho RR. CN power is quite unusual on the EIRR.

FEC 822, a Liquid Natural gas car, and FEC 811 bring their power into the diesel facility at Jacksonville yard. The ES44AC units sport the new "FloraMex" paint scheme. Similar to the Ferromex units in Mexico.

The Florida East Coast converted SD40-2 719 into a new Autonomous Track Inspection Vehicle FEC 2414. The unit is placed behind the head end power consist to inspect the rails on the journey south to Miami and return. The unit also sports the new Grupo Mexico paint scheme. The locals call it a "FloraMex" unit.

FEC GP40-2 412 shows off a new Grupo Mexico paint scheme at the Jacksonville yard.

P048 heads eastbound under a bridge in Fort Plain New York with phase 7 P42DC 87 on point

With the Empire Builder right on the ass of 338 (one of the few daily Hiawatha trains), they have to be quick in taking their window across A-2. An outbound Metra came up at the perfect time for this "triple meet" to be photographed.

Metra 518 & 508 meet at Western Avenue. These newer SD70MACh's have nearly completely taken over the power pool at WACY.

OMLX 4200 takes the restart off with their train on the Chicago Rail Link.

NS 60X with KCSM 4567 leading rounds the curve through Butler past the water tower on a damp, cold, and gloomy Friday.

UPY 338 and UPY 438 bask in the late afternoon sun between hump duty assignments at the UP Little Rock yard.

2024 was a great year for railfanning and B779 would be the train to bring in 2024 with Union Pacific 6717 an ex CNW AC44CW leading the train as it heads under a bridge on it's eastbound trip to New Jersey.

A NS intermodal train pushes the snow as it rounds the curve from the Sandusky Bay Bridge.

NS B05 pulls an empty grain train up the Amtrak Michigan Line underneath a soon-to-be demolished coaling tower. The GP60's in this photo are required to lead since this line uses ITCS, so it's nice to see something other than a big 6 axle lead.

UP 1752 SD40-2 Snoot and UP 1536 wait for their next yard duty assignment at North Little Rock yard.