UP 6779 along with ex CREX now CN 3980 head west at El Casco.
Waterfowl abounds as a westbound Union Pacific train rolls through Wheaton, Illinois. Beside the two resident swans, a couple of ducks and a blue heron are making stops at the pond.
After Running Uphill through Knee High Weeds, Grass, and Sunflowers, I Get this shot of a Westbound Coal Train Entering The "S" Curve Along the UP Triple Track, Nicknamed "Buttermilk Curve".
A trio of UP motors lead a 79 car Utah Railway coal empty east approaching the upper Gilluly horseshoe curve.
UP 6779 leads a westbound empty coal train through Crest Hill as EJ&E Caboose 533 trails the end of JSW2 in the distance.
Approaching milepost 58.2 on the north track of the Cajon Sub, UP 6779 heads east with a unit hopper train on a clear spring morning.