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BJRY 572 works in the Rochelle, Illinois industrial park.
BJRY 572 & 1517 work in the Rochelle, Illinois industrial park.
BJRY 1517 works in the Rochelle, Illinois industrial park.
BJRY 1510 works in Troy Grove, Illinois at a sand mining complex.
BJRY 1516 works in the Montgomery, Illinois area.
BJRY 1518 works in the Montgomery, Illinois area.
BJRY 572's crew gets onboard their train ready to begin a new set of work in Rochelle. Hi Evan!
BJRY is a MLW S13 built in 1959 for the Canadian Nation Railroad.
BJRY 3238 is a Whitcomb RS-4-TC sitting in Rochelle, IL.
Not many ALCo switchers left in active freight service in 2024, Here is one switching out Delmonte. Burlington Junction Railway contracts for the City of Rochelle to switch out local industries. This S13 pulls out of cut of boxcars that have been unloaded to re-spot loads. I'm not sure the reason, but the UP does not directly interchange their (BKTY) boxcars to BJRY anymore. The UP interchanges these cars on the other side of town, BJRY switches them out for BNSF to move to this side of town for BJRY to spot. I'm assuming the BNSF makes a lot of money doing this 2 mile "across town" move.
BJRY 701 in Burlington/Iowa (Nov 07,2016)
BJRY 1513A+B, seen in Quincy/IL (Nov 07,2016)
A quartet of Burlington Junction units arrives Quincy, IL with a robust train retrieved from BNSF's yard in West Quincy, MO.
Among the diverse collection of locomotives at Mike Roberts' Railway Service Contractors, Inc. is the MJRX GP18 No. 181.
This high-hood Geep was built for the original Norfolk Southern Railway in September of 1963 as the NS No. 2, one out of seventeen delivered to them. These locomotives were unique in the fact they were all built with low noses, and it wasn't until after the Southern Railway absorbed the NS in 1974 when high-hoods were then added. It's a wild concept to think about as it's virtually almost always done the opposite way with high-hoods being rebuilt with low hoods. During its tenure on the Southern, it lived as the SOU No. 181.
After leaving the Southern, it's spent time in Minnesota working on the Otter Tail Valley Railroad as the OTVR No. 181, wearing RailAmerica paint for some time. More recently, it ran as the DLCX No. 181 operating on the Burlington Junction Railway, where it was painted in this solid red paint scheme. 3/9/24.
Among the diverse collection of locomotives at Mike Roberts' Railway Service Contractors, Inc. is the MJRX GP18 No. 181.
This high-hood Geep was built for the original Norfolk Southern Railway in September of 1963 as the NS No. 2, one out of seventeen delivered to them. These locomotives were unique in the fact they were all built with low noses, and it wasn't until after the Southern Railway absorbed the NS in 1974 when high-hoods were then added. It's a wild concept to think about as it's virtually almost always done the opposite way with high-hoods being rebuilt with low hoods. During its tenure on the Southern, it lived as the SOU No. 181.
After leaving the Southern, it's spent time in Minnesota working on the Otter Tail Valley Railroad as the OTVR No. 181, wearing RailAmerica paint for some time. More recently, it ran as the DLCX No. 181 operating on the Burlington Junction Railway, where it was painted in this solid red paint scheme. 3/9/24.
This Burlington Junction train is returning east after working United Sugars. BJRY is the operator of the industrial tracks owned by BNSF on the west side of Rt. 31 in Montgomery. The VVF (formerly Dial) soap plant and International Paper are two other customers.
The train is passing a factory that had been closed for several years. Centerpoint Properties acquired it offers it for lease. It recently may have resumed rail service judging from the open gate, spur cleared of brush, and fresh ballast around the switch off the Burlington Junction. A press relese states that NORKOL relocated here due to having rail access to BNSF. NORKOL was in Northlake and was served by UP.
BJRY/BNSF appeared to have lost another customer in this area recently with a former Home Depot lumber transload facility now under operation by Lotz Trucking.
The unique U-shaped profile of the BJRY path to and from BNSF at West Quincy, MO makes for double the opportunity. The crew has switched ends, made their pickup, and now the reds are leading the return trip into the BJRY yard at Quincy, Illinois.
