Passing under Lizard Creek Bridge. As Southern 401 chugs slowly through downtown Monticello, she passes under the Lizard Creek Railroad Bridge. This structure dates back to 1902 and has ca... (more)

Departing the Monticello Grain Co. Elevator. Running on one leg of a wye that the museum shares with Norfolk Southern, the Southern 401 pulls her mixed train past the massive grain elevator... (more)

Arriving in Downtown Monticello. With just one passenger waiting on the platform, Southern 401 brings her mixed train into the historic Wabash depot in downtown Monticello, IL in the aftern... (more)

Picnic at Camp Creek. A young couple enjoying a quiet picnic in the meadow below Camp Creek Trestle has their discussions interrupted by the passage of a Southern Freight, headed to a nearb... (more)

Cresting the hill at Township Road. A pair of vintage cars observe the crossing signals as Southern 401 and her mixed train crest the hill at Township Road, just outside Monticello, IL, wak... (more)

Watching the local roll past. A citizen in a residential neighborhood gets a close look at a Southern Railway local mixed train as she rolls into town to drop some loads for area businesses... (more)

Southern 401 and a local mixed. In what may be a first since her 2010 restoration, Southern Consolidation #401 hauls a period mixed local on the grounds of the Monticello Railway Museum for... (more)

Evening Mixed Service. A Southern Railway mixed train sits at the Nelson Crossing Depot awaiting the loading of some local freight traffic. A couple of late arriving passengers query the ... (more)

Passing Stair Tower. A Southern Railway local freight receives orders as she passes Stair Tower in the yard at Monticello on a spring evening. The power tonight is Southern Railway #401, a... (more)

Southern 401 charges past the Monticello Railway Museum's Nelson Crossing siding during Railroad Days as passengers disembark the museum's freight train.

Built in November of 1907 by Baldwin Locomotive Works SR 401 is a H-4 Class type Consolidation the only surviving one of it's class was built to haul freight for the Southern Railway til it was re... (more)

The engineer looks ahead as he guides the second to last trips of the day on the Southern 401, a 1907 2-8-0 Baldwin product, designed for lighter branch lines. Taken the 17th of September, 20... (more)

Southern 401 departs Nelson Crossing with the 1:30pm train to Monticello.

Southern 401 arrives into downtown Monticello with a coach train.

Southern 401 is ready to depart Nelson's Crossing with a wedding special.