Railfanning in Rochelle, IL:
March 18, 2003




I wait at the crossing for this eastbound SD-70M, UP 4180, to clear as I pull into Rochelle. Right behind the previous train, this autorack train rolls eastbound powered by UP 6248, and SD-60M. After arriving in the railroad park, this SD-40-2, UP 2975, pulls through going east.



UP 4373 approaches the double tracked diamond heading east. A close-up of the previous engine, an SD-70M. This coal train comes through with and AC4400CTE, UP 5903, also heading east.



This GP-15-1, BNSF 1495, heads west still in Burlington Northern colors. This UP local headed by a backwards GP-15-1, UPY 744, heads east. This eastbound D9-44CW, BNSF 1107, moves through with a Santa Fe engine behind.



This mixes freight headed by UP 4177, an SD-70M, moves east. This container train heads west with BNSF 4099, a D9-44CW. This eastbound UP intermodal comes through powered by UP 4206, an SD-70M.



This westbound UP rolls through headed by another SD-70M, UP 5126. This westbound coal train is a rarity being pulled by an SD-90-43MAC, UP 8152. This westbound intermodal rolls through with BNSF 5439, a D9-44CW.


This eastbound containter train heads east about to cross the double tracked diamond with BNSF 4751, a D9-44CW. The last train while I was there, a westbound container train pulled by UP 9690, a D9-44CW.

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