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Widening the throttle out of Rochelle

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD9s intensify their chant as they pull a welded rail train over the Chicago & North Western diamond at Rochelle, Illinois, on the afternoon of April 10, 1996. The CB&Q-era searchlight signal bridge, as well as the C&NW signals in the background have since been “modernized.”

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Taken on April 10, 1996