Identity crisis
Here's a Canadian National M338 train on the CN Freeport Subdivision at Burlington, IL, heading eastbound to Chicago and eventually to Gary, IN. He's about to knock down the ABS block signal as it passes by the old train depot, now used as a township office.
Note the engine lettering under the cab window: NS. It's a SD90MAC that Norfolk Southern purchased from Union Pacific (and after NS got it, they only patched the words "Union Pacific" in matching yellow paint, but not their logo "We Will Deliver", clearly seen here), and then gave it to the CN to satisfy/burn off horsepower hours.
Thus, we see 4 railroads represented here: CN, NS with the lead engine, but in the original UP paint scheme, and the Illinois Central block signal.
Weather at the time of this photograph: +1 degree Fahrenheit, wind chill -15 degrees.
Identity crisis
Here's a Canadian National M338 train on the CN Freeport Subdivision at Burlington, IL, heading eastbound to Chicago and eventually to Gary, IN. He's about to knock down the ABS block signal as it passes by the old train depot, now used as a township office.
Note the engine lettering under the cab window: NS. It's a SD90MAC that Norfolk Southern purchased from Union Pacific (and after NS got it, they only patched the words "Union Pacific" in matching yellow paint, but not their logo "We Will Deliver", clearly seen here), and then gave it to the CN to satisfy/burn off horsepower hours.
Thus, we see 4 railroads represented here: CN, NS with the lead engine, but in the original UP paint scheme, and the Illinois Central block signal.
Weather at the time of this photograph: +1 degree Fahrenheit, wind chill -15 degrees.