Nice set of different geeps stroll thru Galesburg enroute to Chicago. Scanned Slide from February 1996.
It was pretty crazy the consists the Santa Fe would put together for their automotive trains in and out of Chicago. Sets of geeps was common in the mid-90's. Also they would throw stuff like this ... (more)
An A-B-B-A consist of GP60's are a few miles outside of Galesburg as they scream west on the Chilly Sub. Santa Fe got these GP60B's in late 1991, and used them on alot of hotshot trains in A-B-B-A... (more)
An unusual A-B-A consist marches an intermodal train west of the Chilly Sub. Solid sets of blue and yellows were on the way out in 1996, replaced by Superfleet and beginning of the BNSF orange era... (more)
A westbound hotshot out of Chicago rounds the curve near MP 168 between Williamsfield and Yost. The train is sporting 3 newer SD75M's. These units were the last units delivered to the Santa Fe bef... (more)
4 Superfleet units hammer west out of Galesburg towards next crew change at Ft. Madison, IA. The train is seen here passing thru the crossovers named GI, on the west side of Galesburg. The train i... (more)
AN eastbound freight train is working towards the next crew change at Ft. Madison. Seen here about to Revere and almost to Iowa. The train is on the Marceline Sub that runs between KC and Fort Mad... (more)