Railfanning the BNSF and UP around Rochelle, IL 09/13/26 w/ BNSF 2026 led Z-CHCSSE and more!!!

I decided to head up to the Rochelle Railroad Park knowing that BNSF 2026 (250th anniversary ES44AH) would be leading a Westbound at some point on the BNSF Aurora sub. After going through Steward I noticed the Westbound signals had red over green over red. Not long after I seen BNSF 2026 leading a early Z-CHCSSE. Due to a couple Eastbounds back to back they had to hold short of Steam Plant Rd where I saw a Eastbound grain train. Once I got to the Rochelle Railroad Park, I just missed a Eastbound BNSF stack train but Z-CHCSSE had the green afterwards so I got to see it again and both sides of the engine. Traffic was steady on both lines with CSX powered trains on both lines plus BNSF H-GFDBRC had a C44-9W/AC44C4M/Santa Fe warbonnet C44-9W/C44-9W DPU as its power. Seeing a Santa Fe warbonnet C44-9W out on a road freight isn't common anymore. A couple C44ACM leaders along with a couple UP SD70M leaders. The last train was filmed in downtown Rochelle. Enjoy and don't forget to comment and subscribe!!! Elva Rd Crossing Steward, IL BNSF Aurora sub 0:00 Westbound BNSF z-train (Z-CHCSSE) BNSF 2026 (250th Anniversary ES44AH) BNSF 6836 (ES44C4) BNSF 7601 (ES44DC) BNSF 7362 (ES44DC DPU) Steam Plant Rd Crossing Rochelle, IL BNSF Aurora sub 4:17 Eastbound BNSF grain train BNSF 8148 (ES44C4) BNSF 7311 (ES44DC) BNSF 4188 (C44-9W DPU) Rochelle Railroad Park 11:09 BNSF 2026 led Z-CHCSSE passes through after waiting for a pair of Eastbounds 16:03 Eastbound Union Pacific stack train UP 4038 (SD70M) UP 6078 (AC44CW) 26:54 Westbound Union Pacific mixed manifest UP 5606 (C44ACM built as a AC44CW) UP 8893 (SD70AH) UP 8459 (SD70ACe) UP 5526 (ES44AC) 37:17 Eastbound BNSF z-train BNSF 7465 (ES44DC) BNSF 7368 (ES44DC DPU) 41:18 Eastbound BNSF mixed manifest (H-GFDBRC) BNSF 5049 (C44-9W) BNSF 603 (ex-ATSF AC44C4M built as a C44-9W) BNSF 643 (ex-ATSF C44-9W still in Santa Fe paint) BNSF 5120 (C44-9W DPU) 46:33 Westbound Union Pacific z-train UP 7219 (C44ACM built as a AC44CW) UP 6600 (C44ACM built as a AC44CW) UP 9600 (ex-SP C44ACM built as a C44-9W) UP 5713 (C44ACM built as a C44-9W) UP 5602 (AC44CW mid DPU) UP 5305 (ES44AC mid DPU) 53:18 Westbound BNSF empty oil train CSX 756 (ES44AH) CSX 543 (AC44CW) 56:52 Eastbound Union Pacific z-train UP 5846 (C44ACM built as a AC44CW) UP 7517 (ES44AC) UP 6855 (AC44CW) UP 7913 (ES44AC) UP 5835 (AC44CW mid DPU) UP 6363 (ex-SP AC44CW mid DPU) 1:02:36 Eastbound Union Pacific mixed manifest UP 3863 (SD70M) UP 4397 (SD70M) 1:03:50 Eastbound Union Pacific coke train CSX 7391 (CM44AH built as a AC44CW) CSX 5377 (ES40DC) UP 5849 (C44ACM built as a AC44CW) 1:06:55 Eastbound Union Pacific mixed manifest UP 6338 (ex-SP AC44CW) UP 3826 (SD70M) Washington St crossing UP Geneva sub 1:09:57 Standard Oil station plus the former CNW depot 1:10:40 Westbound Union Pacific mixed manifest UP 5760 (C44ACM built as a AC44CW) UP 7455 (ES44AC) UP 5433 (ES44AC DPU)