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Not a shot I had considered going for when I made the eastward trip to find the highly sought after E271. After starting in Port Huron, a couple stops on the way lead to me being convinced to head for the Detroit Art Park. Slowly navigating their way over the high line and the famous FIsher Building standing in the distance, 271 catches an approach at Avery short of heading on to Conrail Shared Assets.

CN E271 crosses the ex-EJ&E at Griffith with an ex-MoPac SD40-2 rebuilt by AMF in the 90s leading two IC SD70s and a loaded vehicle train out of Michigan.

CN 8952 leads E271 through Brantford Ontario amid a perfect suckerhole on a heavily clouded afternoon.

CN E271 finally gets moving down the IC after working Markham.

With a long train of empty racks for Ford in Flat Rock, E271 makes the hard charge our of the St. Clair Tunnel with the fan favorite BC Rail heritage leading. To the right of the frame, you can see the portal of the original St. Clair Tunnel into Canada that was closed and sealed not long after the new tunnel opened in 1994.

The GTW Heritage Unit leading E271.

CN E271 heads west through Griffith Indiana on the CN South Bend Subdivision with a CN SD40-2 leading 2 IC SD70s. Good times to be on the good track road.

CN E271 rolls west along what was once the GTR. A cut of empty racks in tow of a GTW heritage unit seems fit with GTW's big role in the auto industry.

The BC Rail heritage unit, CN 3115, leads CN E271 south towards Flat Rock, Michigan. E271 passes by the old elevator and Grand Trunk depot in New Haven, Michigan on the Mt Clemens Subdivision.

IC 1021 bringing the now abolished E271 South past the large grain complex downtown Thomasboro. FFGC 903 is a resident here and is an original Rock Island SW900. 903 is even its Rock Island number.

CN 8952 passes the former Grand Trunk Station at Brantford (now ViA Brantford).

8952 was leading train E271.

CN E271 heads west through Hobart Indiana on the CN South Bend Subdivision with ES44AC #3115 in its BCOL inspired paint scheme in the lead.

The venerable IC #1000 leads E271 and its usual mix of stacks and racks through Manteno, Illinois at last light.

AI Denoise for the win once again.

Farina, IL

Danforth, IL

IC 1022 bringing E271 down the Mainline of Mid-America.

CN 2413 leads CN E271 under the signals at Paris Junction.

IC SD70 #1009 leads train E271 through Gilman, IL on the CN Chicago Subdivision. UP 6318, still wearing Southern Pacific paint, trails second.

An IC painted SD70 on the point would have made this train even better, but I can't complain with this kind of lash up in 2025.

Train E271 (Battle Creek, MI - Salem, IL) with IC 2460 (Ex LMS C40-8W) overtakes train Q116 (Markham, IL - Flat Rock, MI) with a pair of CN SD60s (5421/5407). E271 would then back into CN’s Markham Yard after completing its train for the SB run on the IC. Q116 would later begin the finishing touches of adding on the cut of Intermodal needed for his EB run on the GTW, once E271 cleared the plant. Taken: 1-25-21.

The honorary IC 1000 is on the point of E271 seen here pulling through Homewood for headroom. The 8408 on display next to the Homewood station can also be seen on the far left.

BCOL 4607 and CSX 8878 team up on E271 through Copetown Ontario on a gloomy afternoon.

Paxton, IL

CN E271 crawls by Lovekin with a pretty good for 2025 CN consist.

Highland, IN

IC SD70 1019 leads CN E271 West through Griffith, IN.

CN 2452 leads E271 through Ingersoll Ontario on a warm evening.

CN 2413 leads E271 West through the searchlights at Stewarttown, Ontario.

CN 2413 leads E271 West under the signals at Paris East in Paris, Ontario.

Canadian National's tribute to Grand Funk Western visited yesterday. SD-bigmofo 8952 leads train E271 across Broad Street.

CN E271 heads south through Danforth, Illinois with IC 1011 as the sole power..

e271 with the best cn engines

CN E271 hauls south through Buckley, Illinois with a solo IC SD70 and a short train of auto racks.

Buckley, IL

A vintage CN SD40-2 has found its way onto the point of an E271 rack train as they arrive Harvey, IL and head up the yard lead for Homewood.

Harvey, IL

2022.02.12

CN E271 has a nice 90's lashup for power as it tackles the hill at Beare on it's way up the York Sub. I had shot CP H19 here about 40 minutes beforehand and stuck around simply out of boredom, so seeing this train pop out from the underpass was certainly a pleasant surprise considering gevos pretty much rule the York Sub these days.

CNs British Columbia Railway heritage unit departs Homewood, Illinois on train E271 in perfect winter evening light. This train would wait on L536 with a repaint SD70 before blasting off down the IC main.

The Grand Trunk leads E271 up from the Elsdon at East CN Junction with the Harvey Castle.

IC SD70 1017 leads CN E271 South through Peotone, IL.

IC 1001 is the sole IC-painted engine on a six-unit L515 that is about to double-up at Markham. On 4 is E271 with a rare ex-ATSF C40-8W formerly assigned to the DMIR and a UP YYCCN on 3. The Amtrak platform has been ripped up during the ongoing renovation of the Homewood station.