Set in the mid-1990s in the transition period of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe merger, Brookfield is an industrial town on the former Burlington Chicago to Aurora route [though the track plan bears no resemblance to the real Brookfield] .The small yard handles local traffic deliveries received mainly from Eola yard further along the route using locos based at the small engine facility next to the yard. A wide variety of longer distance freight passes through as does Amtrak services both commuter and distance, some serving the local passenger depot.
