Eastbound trailers at Edelstein
On a sunny Friday in March, an eastbound train of mostly trailers passes the endangered Santa Fe signal bridges at Edelstein, Illinois on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision. The units in this train's consist are already in dynamic braking as its engineer prepares for the 1.1% descending grade that begins a half mile to the east, and which takes the former AT&SF tracks into the Illinois River valley at Chillicothe.
Eastbound trailers at Edelstein
On a sunny Friday in March, an eastbound train of mostly trailers passes the endangered Santa Fe signal bridges at Edelstein, Illinois on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision. The units in this train's consist are already in dynamic braking as its engineer prepares for the 1.1% descending grade that begins a half mile to the east, and which takes the former AT&SF tracks into the Illinois River valley at Chillicothe.