A pair of GEs take an autorack train around the bend out of Savanna, and along the Great Mississippi River. Not many places in Illinois with as great of scenery as Savanna.
A pair of GEs, one being a “Blue Whale”, cruise around the curve in Normantown.
Two trains sit at Reese Siding awaiting fresh crews to take them South. The Auto train is coming out of the Toyota plant in Blue Springs while the loaded coal is led by BNSF 6126
Southern Illinois Sunset
BNSF 4645 gets ready to depart west out of Eola Yard.
UP SD70M 4791, UP ES44AC 5527, and BNSF ES44AC 6093 lead a westbound autorack through rural Wilmington.
CN SD75I 5736 and WC SD40-2 6002 wait to depart Homewood with a southbound autorack.
Santa Fe bluebonnet GP39-2 #2943 runs solo through Lockport with a westbound Autorack train.
BNSF Dash 9 #5325, and Montana Rail Link SD40-2 #304 lead Stacks and Autoracks West through Channahon.
BNSF 5391’s paint is well faded, but she still makes a nice shot heading eastbound away from Glacier Park.
An early morning Autorack runs eastbound through the gauntlet at Java East Bridge.
BNSF 5391 leaves the mountains of Glacier Park for the open plains across Montana.
BNSF 5391 works down grade towards East Glacier Park having conquered Marias Pass.
BNSF 5391 reflects in the lake with Squaw Mountain looming tall in the background.