Metra 193 ducks under the new and old signal bridges at Westmont. A shame to see more CB&Q history biting the dust, I'll miss the CB&Q signal bridge when it's gone!
The Christmas decorations are up as BNSF 4745 leads a stack train west through Westmont.
Ex-CB&Q 9948A's engineer gets high ball.
Metra 112 leads a outbound train up the hill into Westmont. Note that the new signals by the curve at Clarendon Hills are now cut in.
Ex-CB&Q 986 -- note the second unit is ex-GN. Move over Amtrak. BN had rainbow days too.
An NS powered manifest heads east through Westmont, following the morning Metra rush.
A tasty trio of Oakway (EMD) SD60's, #'s 9010, 9031 and 9024, clear their throats, as they thunder through Westmont, passing under some vintage CB&Q searchlights. Conductor Joe LeMay sends a wave.
She has them rolling on the Zephyr track. Forget she was a freight engine. This is an off-brand slide film called Dynachrome. Bringing it back was a job. Back then I could not always afford Ko... (more)
5 domes, just like the god of railroads created it. 4 coaches and the obs.