Famed rail photographer Emery Gulash once said “to be a railfan in the mid 1950’s in or near Chicago was a double barrel dream”. If that’s the case, being a Chicagoland railfan in the early 1990s meant capturing the great railroads before they were gone. Dennis Jenko caught these soon to be fallen flags: ATSF, BN, CCP, CNW, CR, CSX, EJ&E, IHB, SOO, and WC.
Crosstie replacement is a vital infrastructure maintenance project, but must be done without disrupting train schedules. In high traffic lanes where work windows are short, Norfolk Southern deploys its “Tie and Surfacing Super Gang”. 2 disc set.
With the camera secured to the front of an eastbound stack train and the scenic landscapes of the BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision stretching before you, you’re “at the throttle”.