An Illinois Central SD40 In Run 8 - IC 6202 South On L509

Clear of the River Line, the engineer puts the hammer down, as the old JSW1 (L509) local heads back south to Joliet. It felt great to see the old IC black and white in charge!

IC SD40-3 6202
IC (CN) GP38-2 9562
L509
Plainfield, Illinois - CN Leithton Sub
November 27th, 2011

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[WhiskeyCentral]

Nice catch man, what a short train! Was this catched on a weekend?

[NicTrain35]

@WhiskeyCentral Thanks, buddy. Yep, it was, indeed. Sunday afternoon, around 2:45. I just happened to be crossing the tracks on Caton Farm and saw the headlight approaching. I then proceeded to downtown Plainfield.

[WhiskeyCentral]

@NicTrain35 Yeah that is what I had thought because usually on Sunday they return around noonish with a very short train.

[NicTrain35]

@WhiskeyCentral Yep, Sunday definitely seems to be their short day. This past Saturday, I saw them going through Caton Farm at 5:30 P.M.

[mercenary454]

@NicTrain35 Well, bcuz i am also a pretty serious model railroader, these road names will live on in my ho and n scale rosters.....i have plently of Burlington Northern, a couple of EJ&E locos, and im trying to keep an eye out for IC in the black widow scheme wherever i can. Plenty of white and orange out there...but i like the black widow best.....

[NicTrain35]

@mercenary454 Model railroading is also a hobby of mine. That's a nice collection that you have with the BN and EJ&E. I own locomotives from the BN and EJ&E, but like you, I also don't have an IC deathstar loco yet. If I could find one at a reasonable price, I would pick it up. The deathstar is quite a sharp scheme.

[RailfanningRulez]

I shot him today!

[NicTrain35]

@dwkcamman611 Thanks!

[NicTrain35]

@adamski3119 Nice. I believe those would be #'s 657 and 673 (East Joliet Yard).

[NicTrain35]

@mercenary454 A couple of them are working around the Joliet Yard, as of right now.