Chicago Trainspotting. BNSF 2286 makes a new friend. HCLX 1059

A couple weeks ago I posted some pictures of BNSF 2286 near Western and 18th.   Just last weekend I spotted it again a few miles Southwest at the BNSF Cicero Intermodal facility.  This time with another GP38-2, HCLX 1059.

HCLX GP38-2 #1059 is an interesting case.  Built in 1969 as Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad GP40 #215, it was sold to Union Pacific and renumbered 585.  Sometime in the 2000's it was converted to GP38-2 standards and renumbered UP 2559 before becoming HCLX 1059 around 2010.

And of course here's our old friend 2286.

And who does't like a crane?

Unlike some of my drive-by photography, all these were taken with no trespassing necessary.  I simply stood at the entrance of the yard at West 26th and South 53rd street.  Shortly after this I headed up on the  Laramie viaduct that passes over this yard.  I'll share those pictures soon. 

-Karl