05/23/08: Rochelle, IL Railroad Park: (19 Movements il 3 Hours!)
Author: Scott Malec
Today was Ridiculous Day at the Railroad Park...there were so many trains, it was ridiculous (sorry, had to borrow a line from Family Guy there). Me and my girlfriend spent our first day of vacation at the park, and while the action was intense, the weather sucked. It was windy, cloudy and the temps never made it above 55. This is supposed to be late May? All pics in this album were taken between 12:30 and 3:30pm CST.
Photo Gallery
First train of the day is a westbound with coal empties...
New gates were installed at the BNSF grade crossing...
These warning signs were not up last time I was here...
An eastbound mixed freight is about to hit the diamonds...
Another eastbound comes out of the Global III...the train on the right is also eastbound. Don't see this too often at Rochelle...
An eastbound intermodal heads under the signals past the park...
Westbound intermodal on the BNSF...
An eastbound baretable train comes out of Global III...
Westbound manifest with a switcher sandwiched in there...
Not sure why this isn't marked as a yard unit...
This GE unit has seen better days...
An eastbound BNSF/CSX combo heads under the signals with trailers...
A newer GEVO heads up this westbound intermodal...
Once again, a newer GEVO heads up a westbound intermodal...
An Executive Big Mac with a missing logo heads up another eastbound intermodal on the BNSF...
BNSF contributed to much of the action today...
Another in an endless stream of intermodals today...
I like the chopped nose/flared radiator SD70Ms much better...
2521 had an awesome horn, it sounded like a dying buffalo...
The switch job heads west and will head off the mainline to the spur for the Del Monte plant...
Wow, what a surprise...more SD70Ms...
Another BNSF/CSX combo works together on an intermodal...
This is UP 7768's first appearance on this website...