Burlington Northern train No. 103 crosses the Rock River Bridge at Oregon, Illinois, on the nice spring day of April 6, 1991. On this day, the train was restricted to 35 mph, making for a nice cha... (more)

Burlington Northern train No. 110 with two GP50s on the point, heads east over the Rock River at Oregon, Illinois, on October 22, 1994.

All clear of the Oregon siding, this westbound is already nearing track speed as it continues towards La Crosse, WI for a crew change.

After a light dusting of snow, BN train No. 204 heads east through the cut west of Oregon, Illinois, on January 21, 1990. On the lead is GP38 No. 2186, a former Penn Central/Conrail unit built in ... (more)

CB&Q 4960 was utilized on a passenger special that headed west from Chicago in May of 1961. It is seen here being restocked with coal via a clamshell bucket and CB&Q gondola while many a railfan ... (more)

Westbound Chicago, IL, to South Seattle, WA, Z-train gets on the power as they pass by the restored Oregon Depot. This is old train #3 from BN days, and still runs behind the Portland Z-train in t... (more)

This 7400-foot stack train sits tied down in the Oregon siding after the Blizzaster of 2011. The crew died on hours after attempting to run through the storm, hitting quite a few large drifts alon... (more)

The 4777 leads ZSTPCHC into Oregon after the Blizzard of 2011. A short time later, the DS gave the crew permission to violate the Hours of Service Law so they could get to Eola rather than tying d... (more)

The Savanna-Eola gets re-crewed to continue east.

A trio of H2 Dash9s lead the Portland Z over the Rock River.

We caught this westbound fast mover in the gorgeous afternoon light. Oregon is a hidden gem for railroad photography, still having a lot of the old time character that hasn't been modernized yet.... (more)

OmniTraxs' Illinois Railway job is seen coming off the Rock River Bridge at Oregon Illinois.They are using the BNSF mainline to crossover from a branchline on the southside to the Mt. Morris branc... (more)

Same direction meets are not all that common on BNSF's C&I line. Here a Savanna-Eola train holds the main while the DS runs an eastbound stack train around it on the siding.

The 1513 starts it's 4 mile journey to Mt. Morris, at 10 MPH it will be an easy chase, the nose bell is a dead give away of it's C&NW heritage.