CN local heads south thru Onarga behind some cool power.

A trio of 70's heading south through Antioch, Illinois.

The Q195 crosses the Kankakee River in downtown Kankakee, and starts to head in for southbound Amtrak #391. Q195 has been running with 1 unit today because the 2nd unit is badorder, making this ho... (more)

The Gilman Night local heads into the siding at Ashkum to meet M336. Here the headlight's of L555 light this humid night sky. Ashkum is located about 10 miles north of Gilman. There is an old towe... (more)

A kirk Yard local enroute to Champaign rolls south with an unusual consist. The rear 2 units are badorder, so the consist has the lone GE running backwards as only working power. Here the train po... (more)

The northbound City of New Orleans rolls out of Gilman enroute to 9am arrival at Union Station. The train is seen here dwarfed by the coaling towers on the north end of Gilman still left along the... (more)

Southbound Amtrak Saluki train rolls thru the small town of Onarga, about 5 miles south of Gilman. The next stop for 391 is Champaign, IL, at 10:25am. This train operates to Carbondale, IL.

CN hotshot Q-train is running late this morning due to power problems. The rear GE is dead, leaving only this old SD60 power this 9500 foot train bound for Markham Yard, in Chicago. The train is s... (more)

A pair of IC SD70's southbound thru Gilman on this Toronto to Memphis freight train. Mornings on the CN north of Champaign can be busy if trains are running late southbound. Usually couple south a... (more)

Memphis, TN, to Winnipeg, MB, freight train rolls thru small town of Danforth a few miles north of Gilman. This train normally departs Champaign in the mid morning behind Q195 for the trip thru Ch... (more)

The CN is working hard to keep the City of New Orleans trains on time between Chicago and New Orleans. Today northbound 58 is still running late as they past thru Gilman on this morning. Here they... (more)

What looks like a CN train on CN tracks, is really the NS trackage rights train heading north towards Chicago with couple CN units. These units went to the NS on a potash train in Chicago, IL, and... (more)

The lead Sd60 is doing all the work on this 9500 foot train, as the rear GE is badorder. The train has a good roll on them as they past thru the small town of Buckley about 10 miles south of Gilma... (more)

My Friday the 13th was pretty lucky. For me I got one of CN newest additions to the roster pulling the hotshot Q195 northbound. Here the train past the south end of Ashkum siding, about 10 miles n... (more)

Memphis, TN, to Winnipeg, MB, Canada, freight pulls thru the outbound track at the north end of Champaign to do their work. It is already 85 degrees out at 7am, which made for hot day by 2pm. That... (more)