On a early summer morning, LSF54 heads north through Gardner on the old Alton Route, along side U.S. Route 66 and Interstate 55. GP60 1066 leads the days local, still wearing it’s Southern Pacif... (more)
LSF54 heads north on the former SP Route through Towanda, IL.
After dropping off one tank car and picking up two, UP's LSF54 out of Bloomington, IL heads out of Dow Chemical in Wilmington. The covered hopper up front will be dropped at Prairie Creek about a ... (more)
After completing a pickup at the Cargill Plant, LSF54 begins the short trip back to the Bloomington Yard. Leading the way is a pair of GP60's, the leader being #1066 in Southern Pacific paint.
Faded, but still displaying the famous SP colors, UP 1066 works the short branch to Forest Products in Brentwood, MO.
With its work complete at there southern most customer, UP local LSB54 20, and a more than enthusiastic conductor, waste no time returning back the way they came seen here rolling north beneath th... (more)
UP 1066 still wearing its SP livery switches the Pana Illinois Elevator
At the north end of Block Siding, 1 of 3 remaining SP-painted GP60s is on the point of UP's LSB54 local. This job runs north twice a week, usually Tuesday and Friday. After going on duty at 5 AM, ... (more)
Seen near Tuscola, UP 1066, still in its Southern Pacific colors, leads the LSB54 local north towards Villa Grove. The storms had been off and on today as a front moved through the area. They sure... (more)
After being in a slight derailment with 4 other hoppers down at Cadwell on the elevator spur (bad track), the UP 1066 is good to go for use again. The local brought it back to Villa Grove yesterda... (more)
UP 1066 still of Southern Pacific paint rests in Madison, IL.