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2/26/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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BNSF 9979
Title:  BNSF 9979
Description:  N820 heads east through a light rain at Cottage Grove.
Photo Date:  4/15/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2013 11:20:50 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9979(SD70MAC) BNSF 5748(ES44AC)
Views:  276   Comments: 2
BNSF 8913
Title:  BNSF 8913
Description:  K044 comes down off the Blue Island Sub at about 1415 hours cdt. He may have been the last train for a while.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/6/2014 6:28:57 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8913(SD70MAC) BNSF 5817(ES44AC)
Views:  397   Comments: 3
CN 8009
Title:  CN 8009
Description:  I never noticed before how the nose of the big SDs hints at the classic narrow nose.
Photo Date:  5/8/2021  Upload Date: 5/11/2021 11:46:18 PM
Location:  Griffith, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8009(SD70M-2) BNSF 5818(ES44AC)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
BNSF 9015
Title:  BNSF 9015
Description:  9015 makes its first#appearance here, leading N971 through the signal forest. Those two motors are generating a lot of heat.
Photo Date:  1/20/2014  Upload Date: 1/24/2014 9:42:46 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9015(SD70ACe) BNSF 5821(ES44AC)
Views:  413   Comments: 6
CSXT 860
Title:  CSXT 860
Description:  Q369 outdrags a rack train on the IHB approaching Dolton
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/20/2012 10:15:15 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 860(ES44AC-H) CSX 4782(SD70MAC) BNSF 5853(ES44AC)
Views:  372   Comments: 1
BNSF 5896
Title:  BNSF 5896
Description:  Time to go home.
Photo Date:  9/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/10/2014 11:13:01 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5896(ES44AC) BNSF 6584(ES44C4) BNSF 717(C44-9W)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
BNSF 717
Title:  BNSF 717
Description:  It's an empty grain block, but he wasn't calling signals so I didn't get his symbol.
Photo Date:  9/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/10/2014 11:11:51 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 717(C44-9W) BNSF 6584(ES44C4) BNSF 5896(ES44AC)
Views:  226   Comments: 5
BNSF 717
Title:  BNSF 717
Description:  Always a nice face to see coming at you.
Photo Date:  9/9/2014  Upload Date: 9/10/2014 11:29:37 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 717(C44-9W) BNSF 6584(ES44C4) BNSF 5896(ES44AC)
Views:  308   Comments: 5
BNSF 9617
Title:  BNSF 9617
Description:  Had to shoot this one. W025 heads out to pick up its train.
Photo Date:  12/18/2014  Upload Date: 12/23/2014 10:07:08 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9617(SD70MAC) BNSF 5924(ES44AC)
Views:  339   Comments: 3
BNSF 9804
Title:  BNSF 9804
Description:  Empties come off the Elsdon Sub and onto the Harbor. Love that leader.
Photo Date:  8/19/2014  Upload Date: 8/20/2014 11:32:05 AM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9804(SD70MAC) BNSF 5927(ES44AC)
Views:  221   Comments: 5
BNSF 5931
Title:  BNSF 5931
Description:  A mixed freight heads west from Kewanee.
Photo Date:  7/10/2016  Upload Date: 7/13/2016 11:09:57 PM
Location:  Kewanee, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5931(ES44AC)
Views:  219   Comments: 1
BNSF 9082
Title:  BNSF 9082
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2016  Upload Date: 7/13/2016 11:11:21 PM
Location:  Kewanee, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9082(SD70ACe) BNSF 5931(ES44AC)
Views:  284   Comments: 1
BNSF 9782
Title:  BNSF 9782
Description:  9782 is the star of E949
Photo Date:  12/13/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:02:19 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9782(SD70MAC) BNSF 5944(ES44AC)
Views:  414   Comments: 1
BNSF 5945
Title:  BNSF 5945
Description:  N791 knocks down the Cottage Grove signals. He has an unusual trailer.
Photo Date:  3/26/2014  Upload Date: 3/27/2014 9:41:19 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5945(ES44AC) KCS 3930(SD70MAC)
Views:  281   Comments: 3
CREX 1434
Title:  CREX 1434
Description:  K055 has nifty foreign power.
Photo Date:  10/1/2014  Upload Date: 10/2/2014 10:46:53 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CREX 1434(ES44AC) BNSF 5946(ES44AC)
Views:  351   Comments: 4
BNSF 5955
Title:  BNSF 5955
Description:  Another pair of twins and an all-GE morning.
Photo Date:  6/24/2017  Upload Date: 6/28/2017 9:43:50 PM
Location:  Galva, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5955(ES44AC) BNSF 5967(ES44AC)
Views:  224   Comments: 2
BNSF 5967
Title:  BNSF 5967
Description:  12:40 Empty coal gons west.
Photo Date:  6/24/2017  Upload Date: 6/28/2017 9:44:38 PM
Location:  Galva, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5967(ES44AC)
Views:  169   Comments: 2
BNSF 1025
Title:  BNSF 1025
Description:  K010 rolls through Riverdale. Gotta love the ex-GN scheme.
Photo Date:  5/7/2013  Upload Date: 5/9/2013 11:09:21 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1025(C44-9W) BNSF 5996(ES44AC) BNSF 4797(C44-9W)
Views:  356   Comments: 6
BNSF 6045
Title:  BNSF 6045
Description:  N820 with coal for Detroit passes Y123 at Baring Avenue.
Photo Date:  3/23/2013  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 10:09:36 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6045(ES44AC) BNSF 6000(ES44AC)
Views:  290   Comments: 2
BNSF 6084
Title:  BNSF 6084
Description:  N990 eastbound at Pine Road
Photo Date:  5/20/2012  Upload Date: 5/20/2012 7:05:01 PM
Location:  La Paz, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6024(ES44AC) BNSF 9134(SD70ACe)
Views:  394   Comments: 1
BNSF 6072
Title:  BNSF 6072
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/2015  Upload Date: 11/21/2015 2:41:53 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6072(ES44AC) BNSF 8988(SD70MAC)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
BNSF 8988
Title:  BNSF 8988
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/2015  Upload Date: 11/21/2015 2:43:30 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8988(SD70MAC) BNSF 6072(ES44AC)
Views:  216   Comments: 3
BNSF 6115
Title:  BNSF 6115
Description:  K082 has crude oil for Yorktown, Virginia.
Photo Date:  3/2/2015  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 11:16:18 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6115(ES44AC) BNSF 9137(SD70ACe) CN 2131(C40-8)
Views:  347   Comments: 5
CN 2131
Title:  CN 2131
Description:  A little while later in East Chicago, here's Q082's consist from the other end. CN engines aren't all that common here.
Photo Date:  3/2/2015  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 11:20:19 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2131(C40-8) BNSF 9137(SD70ACe) BNSF 6115(ES44AC)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
BNSF 6422
Title:  BNSF 6422
Description:  BNSF 6422 developed an electrical problem and took a while getting out of Barr Yard
Photo Date:  9/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/23/2012 5:30:20 PM
Location:  Barr Yard, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6422(ES44AC) BNSF 6125(ES44AC)
Views:  290   Comments: 1
BNSF 6129
Title:  BNSF 6129
Description:  N791 is headed for Toledo.
Photo Date:  12/11/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 8:23:22 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6129(ES44AC) BNSF 9021(SD70ACe)
Views:  350   Comments: 3
BNSF 9021
Title:  BNSF 9021
Description:  The only EMD unit we'll see today.
Photo Date:  12/11/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 8:31:35 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9021(SD70ACe) BNSF 6129(ES44AC)
Views:  296   Comments: 1
BNSF 5122
Title:  BNSF 5122
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 11:32:04 AM
Location:  Glade City, PA
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5122(C44-9W) BNSF 6196(ES44AC)
Views:  194   Comments: 1
BNSF 6196
Title:  BNSF 6196
Description:  K055 has empty tankers for North Dakota.
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 11:22:36 AM
Location:  Glade City, PA
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6196(ES44AC) BNSF 5122(C44-9W)
Views:  243   Comments: 2
BNSF 6225
Title:  BNSF 6225
Description:  Westbound E940 passes N990's tail at Paxton Avenue.
Photo Date:  1/25/2012  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 10:24:29 PM
Location:  Calumet City, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6225(ES44AC) BNSF 9180(SD70ACe)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
BNSF 6232
Title:  BNSF 6232
Description:  N820 has 130 loads of coal for Toledo.
Photo Date:  4/24/2013  Upload Date: 4/24/2013 10:37:22 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6232(ES44AC) BNSF 8988(SD70MAC)
Views:  297   Comments: 2
BNSF 6241
Title:  BNSF 6241
Description:  6241 backs up its new sibling.
Photo Date:  7/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/30/2014 10:19:21 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6241(ES44AC) BNSF 8583(SD70ACe)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
BNSF 8583
Title:  BNSF 8583
Description:  8583 leads N792 across the Cal-Sag Channel. This is its first appearance on the site.
Photo Date:  7/29/2014  Upload Date: 7/30/2014 10:15:21 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim!Ford
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8583(SD70ACe) BNSF 6241(ES44AC)
Views:  377   Comments: 4
BNSF 6282
Title:  BNSF 6282
Description:  Y310 is a regular, but this is unusual power.
Photo Date:  2/16/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2018 8:44:45 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6282(ES44AC)
Views:  207   Comments: 4
CN 2595
Title:  CN 2595
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2018  Upload Date: 2/27/2018 8:46:34 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2595(C44-9W) BNSF 6282(ES44AC)
Views:  233   Comments: 2
BNSF 9512
Title:  BNSF 9512
Description:  E957 brings empties west from the Colona transfer docks near Pittsburgh
Photo Date:  6/29/2011  Upload Date: 12/27/2011 1:47:34 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9512(SD70MAC) BNSF 6289(ES44AC)
Views:  484   Comments: 1
BNSF 5422
Title:  BNSF 5422
Description:  K010 heads east. Somewhere back there is a mile of Bakken crude.
Photo Date:  11/21/2012  Upload Date: 11/22/2012 11:27:39 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4522(C44-9W) BNSF 6359(ES44AC)
Views:  232   Comments: 3
BNSF 6373
Title:  BNSF 6373
Description:  K040 passes an oblivious bystander and hammers the Stateline crossovers.
Photo Date:  9/21/2013  Upload Date: 9/22/2013 4:18:58 PM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6373(ES44AC) BNSF 1040(C44-9W) BNSF 4190(C44-9W)
Views:  246   Comments: 4
BNSF 6389
Title:  BNSF 6389
Description:  6389 follows respectfully behind.
Photo Date:  11/5/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 5:45:54 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6389(ES44AC) BNSF 8496(SD70ACe)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
BNSF 8496
Title:  BNSF 8496
Description:  Not a smudge anywhere.
Photo Date:  11/5/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 5:46:49 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8496(SD70ACe) BNSF 6389(ES44AC)
Views:  286   Comments: 1
BNSF 8496
Title:  BNSF 8496
Description:  E927 is coming back from Essexville with a very bright leader.
Photo Date:  11/5/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 5:47:50 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8496(SD70ACe) BNSF 6389(ES44AC)
Views:  279   Comments: 4
BNSF 6403
Title:  BNSF 6403
Description:  K044 with 97 loads of crude oil is getting up to speed at Cottage Grove.
Photo Date:  12/11/2014  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 8:26:54 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6403(ES44AC) BNSF 8066(ES44C4)
Views:  279   Comments: 2
BNSF 6425
Title:  BNSF 6425
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2014  Upload Date: 11/30/2014 1:56:05 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6425(ES44AC) BNSF 8420(SD70ACe)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
BNSF 8420
Title:  BNSF 8420
Description:  E937 is coming back from Toledo. This is 8420's first appearance here.
Photo Date:  11/29/2014  Upload Date: 11/30/2014 1:56:40 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Jim Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8420(SD70ACe) BNSF 6425(ES44AC)
Views:  471   Comments: 2


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