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In this photo, Amtrak's Southwest Chief arrives in Mendota, IL to complete its scheduled stop with two P42DCs in charge, while older generations of motive power in the form of CB&Q 4978 (2-8-2 steam locomotive) and a couple of BNSF Geeps on the local look on.
An unusual motive power arrangement is presented on today's Chicago-bound California Zephyr, with UP 6617 (AC4400CW) leading Amtrak "Phase IV" heritage unit 164 past the Mendota, IL Amtrak station, as a couple of BNSF Geeps on the local stand by.
Amtrak Veterans unit #42 glides away from the station in Mendota, IL leading the Southwest Chief, passing the Mendota welcome sign on the way out.
Amtrak Veterans unit #42 leads the Southwest Chief as it pulls into Mendota, IL to make its scheduled stop.
A former BN GP39-2 still painted in Cascade Green sits in Mendota, IL on a small work train that includes a Jordan spreader.
A former BN GP39-2 sits in Mendota, IL on a small work train that includes a Jordan spreader.
A string of twelve former Trinity Railway Express RDCs rides the back of an eastbound BNSF manifest (possibly M-GALBRC) through Mendota, IL. Ten are on their way to a new operation in Vermont while two will go to Portland, OR.
No idea these were coming!
A string of twelve former Trinity Railway Express RDCs rides the back of an eastbound BNSF manifest out of Mendota, IL. Ten are on their way to a new owner and operation in Vermont, while the other two will go to Portland, OR.
No idea this was coming!
Not exactly.
Pictured here are three former Trinity Railway Express RDCs in a string of twelve riding the back of an eastbound BNSF manifest through Mendota, IL.
While this is not a new service serving the Amtrak station here, ten of these cars are destined for Vermont, where they will be used in a new operation there. The other two will go to Portland, OR.
No idea these were coming!