A Day on the ROCK: Part III

A continuation of a Day on the Rock: Part III

 

#11 Peoria Rocket waiting at Peoria, IL as last minute passengers board the train

 

#11 Peoria Rocket departing the station in Peoria, IL

 

#11 passing by #92 Peoria to Davenport Freight awaiting a crew.

 

#11 swinging around on the wye at Bureau before making its reverse move into the station at Bureau, IL

 

#11 Peoria Rocket making its station stop at Bureau, IL

 

#11 Peoria Rocket arriving by the farm fields in Stockdale and the Ottawa Branch in the background

 

#11 by the farm fields in Stockdale, IL

 

#11 Peoria Rocket crossing Hwy 104 at Stockdale, IL

 

 

#11 Peoria Rocket approaching downtown Stockdale, IL

 

#11 making its station stop at Stockdale, IL

 

 

#11 Peoria Rocket by Joliet Grain Co. in West Joliet, IL

#11 hits the west siding switch at Joliet, IL

 

#11 rounds the curve by Midwest Paper Stock Co. plant in Joliet, IL

 

#11 Peoria Rocket pulls into the station at Joliet as #113 Joliet to Bureau turn continues to wait for the parade of passenger trains.

 

 

 

#11 power rolls by the station at Joliet, IL

 

 

 

 

#11 Peoria Rocket's power idles as it makes its station stop at Joliet, IL

 

Looking South from the American Can Co, you can see #11 Peoria Rocket making its station stop in Joliet, IL

 

#113's crew boards the train in preparation to return to work after the departure of #11

 

#11 Peoria Rocket passes the rear of #113 as it departs Joliet bound for Chicago

 

#11 passes by JD Tower Interlocking.

 

 

JD Tower's operator's view as #11 Peoria Rocket passes through the interlocking and around the curve toward Chicago

 

#11 eases around the curve out of Joliet toward Chicago, IL

 

 

#11 Peoria Rocket passes by Vandelay Industries and D&D News in Blue Island, IL

 

#11 Peoria Rocket by C-5 Tower in Blue Island, IL

 

#11 Peoria Rocket rolling into the station at Blue Island, IL

 

#11 Peoria Rocket making its station stop in Blue Island, IL

 

 

#11 Peoria Rocket's Power, an EMD E7 #635, idles while making the station stop at Blue Island, IL

 

 

#11 Peoria Rocket street running before it completes its run in Chicago

 

 

#11 arrives at Burr Oak Yard in South Chicago, IL