Railfanning at Tolono and Champaign: September 13, 2003




NS SD-40-2 sitting on the CN/NS interchange track. Ben standing in front of the long-nose forward engine. The front of the long nose.



Quad headed consist heads west. RoadRailer heading west. Mixed freight heading east.



UP and NS engines on the same consist. Heading east at Dawn. The RoadRailer from above heading west at Dawn. Sextuple headed mixed freight with 3 IC and 3 former Grand Trunk engines waits in Champaign yard for 2 trains.



The other angle showing the lead engine. Train 1: Northbound Illini. Train 2: mixed freight.

Movie: MVI_2486.AVI
Movie: MVI_2489.AVI
Movie: MVI_2501.AVI
The sextuple header going south. 4 words: (a) coupler slack, (b) mis-thrown brakes Moving like a bat out of hell.

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