L CHI105 highballs west through the small town of Ransom, passing the large grain elevator complex on a beautiful, summer evening. Leading the charge is a Cascade green SD40-2, #1706.
BNSF GP39E 2740, still wearing its Burlington Northern paint, leads the L-CHI105 westbound on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision ducking under the Ransom grain elevator.
Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief, powered by a pair of GE B32BWH locomotives in “Pepsi Can” colors, flies through Ransom, Illinois, on May 2, 1992. Deadheading to California is a Amfleet c... (more)