You can almost feel the intent of Santa Fe's Transcon, slashing across the country, inexorably pursuing the coast. Same could be said of the 7443 West as it races through Stronghurst, IL on a late spring afternoon. A four-pack of four axle power spurs the train across the sprawling farmland of the Midwest: 7443, 3818, 4021, 7423 - two B40-8s bracketing a GP50 and GP60.
