A couple ES44AC's pour on the coals to keep this empty coal train rolling at 55 mph as they past under one of the many old signal bridges on the Mendota Sub. MP 121.8 is a couple miles east of Neponset, or 41 east of Galesburg, IL. This empty came off the CN in Chicago, IL, on is heading for Black Thunder Mine, WY. This train was unloaded at Essexville, MI, for Consumers Power at the Dan E. Karn Plant.
