An IC leader brings a westbound train through Woodstock.
Look at this beaut powering the dinky trains in her day along the Chicago Racetrack, IC 101 sitting outside on display at CN's Family Day. IC 101 was acquired by the Illinois Central in 2/1995, BN... (more)
IC 6202 passes the yard office, as it pulls out of East Joliet for headroom.
It's September 15th, 2011 and Illinois Central SD40's are still out and about. Here, 6202 (looking great) leads CN 9460 into the East Joliet Yard, with an 81 car Aux Sable job.
IC 1037 approaches the Rock, with its rail train.
IC 1037 waits for a signal into the East Joliet Yard.
Illinois Central 2-8-2 1516 was built in 1918 as ICRR 1810. She had 63" drivers, 27 x 30 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 185 lbs, and could exert up to 54,583 lbs of tractive effort. She was on... (more)
B795 (Frontier-Niagara Falls Yard) heads north out of the South Yard with quite the leader...IC 1003. IC 1003 came in off of CN Run-through train Q620, got sent west to Frontier on Q627, then endi... (more)
IC 6252, 6250, and 6254 thunder up Spirit Mountain with a train of empties from dock 6 in tow for Proctor. Local rumors say that this may be the last summer for the SD40's on the Missabe Range, bu... (more)
After doubling empties, and performing a air test the afternoon Proctor Road Switch starts up Proctor hill seen at CP North Collingwood. In the background you can see the empties still rolling off... (more)
IC 1010 heads south with the JSW1, running long hood forward.
Increasingly rarer power drags empties up Proctor Hill.
Shover power heads to Steelton Hill while the Proctor Road Switch switches out a cut of cars and the GP9's drill the E-Lead.
There are only around 5 black IC SD40-3's left, with the majority being on the Missabe. As such, catching two together is a fairly rare thing, with GP9's to boot!
There are only around 5 black IC SD40-3's left, with the majority being on the Missabe. As such, catching two together is a fairly rare thing!