End of an Era: IC Death Stars' Final Ride on the Mainline of Mid-America

It's the end of an era. CN is bringing 35 of the 36 IC SD70s down to New Orleans for long term storage. Crazy to think just 7 months ago I was still shooting these things running regularly. Never take anything for granted, folks. As a bonus, M399 had a UP SD70M leader, which felt almost poetic given they're probably next on the 1990s-chopping block... CN Champaign Sub, 10-10-26 0:00 Train 1: SB CN Grain, near Humboldt, IL CN 2297 ES44DC (Website) Early RL K5H CN 8878 SD70M-2 (Website) 0:16 Train 2: SB CN M39991, Arcola, IL UP 4680 SD70M (Wings) NF2 K3HA UP 9611 C44ACM (Mini Flags) 1:10 Pacing M399 on US-45 1:47 M399 at the historic ICRR Mattoon depot 4:33 Train 3: SB CN M33491, Mattoon, IL ICRR depot CN 8854 SD70M-2 (Website) RL K5LLA CN 2802 ES44AC (Website) IC 1036 SD70 (Death Star) IC 1038 SD70 (Death Star) IC 1016 SD70 (Website) IC 1019 SD70 (Death Star) IC 1018 SD70 (Death Star)