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Single stacked UPS stacks

Grundy Co / Buffalo Rd
BNSF e/b priority intermodal

UPS containers

That last westbound was huge, in fact it rated a pair of DPU's. Unfortunately the train stopped before they got within reach, so I hung tight to get a photo. Instead I got was this eastbound running against the westbound afternoon rush.

Grundy Co / Tynan Rd
BNSF e/b intermodal stacks

BNSF 5277 Dash 9-44CW
BNSF 5243 Dash 9-44CW
BNSF 4172 Dash 9-44CW
BNSF 7221 ES44DC

Me at home trying to figure out the best place to catch the Schnabel move. My first plan was to catch it on the BNSF Barstow Sub, but they crossed that stretch of track during the night of the 5th. Instead I went for the Chilli Sub, aiming for a spot just west of Kinsman where I knew that I'd have plenty of room to back off and really great light.

BTW, the map book I'm looking at is by Sonrisa Publications, and I have found it to be very useful. While it only shows major roads and very few abandoned lines, it does show the milepost locations for just about everywhere, so if I hear over the scanner that a train is passing Point X at MP 200 and I'm at Point Y at MP 100 and I know that the train is going about 50 mph, I know it will show up in roughly two hours. Nice! Not the only map I carry along, I also bring the DeLorme and SPV atlas's too.

I didn't have to wait long on the next train, within minutes I began hearing air horns to the east. I kept fiddling with my framing trying to keep a guy wire out of the shot while staying on the safe side of the gates only to realize that I could just crop it out in post processing and that I was making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Grundy Co / Tynan Rd
BNSF w/b intermodal stacks

BNSF 6760 ES44C4
BNSF 7531 ES44DC
BNSF 5045 Dash 9-44CW

I just thought that it looked interesting!

Mazon IL / Depot St

Elevator silo and crossing gate