A cut of locomotives on a hold order. The BNSF Railway mainline. Chicago Illinois USA. May 2007.

I was walking across the south Central Avenue bridge in the area around west suburban Stickney Illinois, in May of 2007 after work.

A four unit set of General Electric roadswitchers from the Norfolk Southern Railroad and BNSF, are seen waiting on a hold order to proceed east.

Just ahead of this train approximately 60 feet on the same track, is a BNSF intermodal container train that was also stopped on a hold order.

Approximately one mile east of here, is Nerska Junction, where the BNSF ex A,T & S,F mainline crosses and interchanges with the Belt Railway of Chicago. Approximately 2 miles east of Nerska Junction is Ash Street Junction where the Norfolk Southern ,CSX and several railroads cross over. Several north and south transfer trains were proboubly the cause for this railroad traffic jam on the southwest side of Chicago, on this lovely spring afternoon.