A Canadian National manifest waits for clearance across the IHB diamonds as a Hi-Rail truck sits next to it and a Union Pacific SD70ACe sits in the old interchange yard
CP 9574 leads an auto transfer through Blue Island to Bensenville Yard
Nothing like the sound of 2 GP40's and 3 GP38's in notch 8 while hitting 50 mph across the diamonds at Blue Island. The Grand Trunk always put on a show coming through here.
A Metra train crosses the bridge in Blue Island.
Caboose hop heads north through Blue Island.
Typical transfer power for the 70's
7350 pulls its train through Blue Island Jct.
Metra's 600 horsepower SW-1 sits in the Blue Island Burr Oak yards, at home since it was a former Rock Island unit and originally built for the Illinois Central. Now METX 1, the crew watches as Io... (more)
