IC&E GP40-2 4208 - 07 on the 922 job At Rockford. Il. This is the former BN-MILW lower yard. IC&E shares it with the Illinois Railnet, or "Railnet." The power are former Cotton Belt/Southern Pacific units, delievered in the mid-80's. These same units came through Davis Junction (where this train is headed) on the old SP "Stack Train" intermodal trains when brand new. Seems wierd to see them 20- some years later in the midwest on a branchline!
This track is scheduled to be removed due to Rockford's Rail Consolidation Plan. From the bridge over the Rock River to just south of the Morgan Street bridge, a new bike path will be put in where the track is now.
royalflush5000 7 months ago