A Day on the ROCK: Part VII

A continuation of a Day on the ROCK: Part VII

 

#43 Chicago to Council Bluffs train receives clearance into Davenport Yard

 

 

#43's power at Carrie Shops for servicing before continuing west.

 

The yard crew goes to work classifying the inbound freight.

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#2 Tucumcari to Chicago is called for duty. The crew finds they will have a pair of SD40-2s today.

 

#2 pulls the last caboose tucked away deep in the cab track for its run.

 

#2 easing by the station on the siding waiting for dispatcher permission to head east.

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#217 Ottawa Branch Turn is called for duty in Chicago.  Two GP7s, one car and a caboose.

 

#217 through Blue Island, IL

 

 

 

#2 rounding the curve to C-5 Tower in Blue Island, IL

 

 

 

#217 arriving in Joliet, IL

 

 

 

#217 by the station in Joliet, IL