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Here's are some picture from
the informal Labor Day 2004
weekend run at the Western Illinois Railroad.
Click on thumbnails
to see a larger picture.
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Labor day weekend of 2004 finds Union Pacific 6060
and Western Illinois
9700 meeting at the crossing just outside the yard.
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The 9700 is yielding to
the out bound mixed freight on a cool and cloudy day. The 9700 anxious
to
yard the local frieght.
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On the return trip, U.P. 6060
is heading into the yard while W.I. 9700 is lined for the West bound track
taking the local up to Camp Grove.
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Unbeknownst to either engineer,
a Sasquatch seems to be running across the tracks and into the woods.
What are the odds of that being caught on film?
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Maintenance on the Western
Illinois is superb as both locomotives look as
though they just came off the wash rack.
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Labor day running was good,
but the work was not done. On 9-11 U.P. 6060 and
2456 are seen rumbling across the diamond with a mixed freight returning
from
Rock Island.
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No rest for the
Engineer and train crew as a quick turn around has the U.P. headed West
again.
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The Conductor is
giving the train a roll by inspection on it's way out of town and will be
catching the caboose and about 15 cars. |
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The U.P. crew is
headed for the yard on it's last run of the day. |
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No flags were flown
and no parades were attended. the crew just did their jobs and went home
just thankful that they had a home to go to.
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