Thursday, January 10, 2008

Westbound side by side running. Hodgkins Illinois USA. January 2007.

I took this photo in January of 2007, in near southwest suburban Hodgkins Illinois. A Union Pacific intermodal transfer train on the left, is being taken over during what looked like a slow speed race to the BNSF Railway intermodal yard in nearby Willow Springs Illinois.

Prior to the 1995 merger of the Burlington Northern, and the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe that created todays BNSF Railway...This was the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe mainline.

The Chicago to Los Angeles A,T & S,F Superchief
and El Capitain streamlined passenger trains with red and silver Warbonnet cab unit diesels, would speed through here daily in years past.
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2 comments:

  1. Fuzzy5:00 AM, January 11, 2008

    Looks like you're about as far behind with posting your photos as I am with mine! LOL...

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  2. Anonymous5:58 PM, January 15, 2008

    I used to shoot photos at the old Willow Springs passenger depot. Sadly, all of those photos are gone.

    Along with a ton of old photos from the late 70's of the BN and IHB in La Grange.

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