IC 1037 takes the Sunday off.

IC 1032 (SD70) leads CN M338 past the former depot (now township office) in Burlington, IL. Good to see an IC unit ply the rails of this ex-Illinois Central line!

The CN L536 turns the corner off the Mainline of Mid-America and onto the Matteson Sub toward Kirk Yard.

IC 1026 and IC 1031 is tied up for the afternoon after coming in on the L595 from Kirk Yard.

IC 1003, IC 1005, and IC 1034 takes the morning off at Joliet Yard.

IC 1034 waits for its next assignment at Joliet Yard.

INRD CN grain loads head back south through Newton for interchange back to the CN.

As twilight blankets the town of Elgin, CNs Iowa Division manifest hi-tails over the Fox River with a pair of matched Illinois Central SD70s. Just like old times!

IC SD70 1022 leads CN L536 South through Matteson.

A trio of Illinois Central SD70s lead a healthy A408 south through the small community of Ludlow, IL on CN's Chicago Sub, the former Illinois Central 'Mainline of Mid-America'. IC SD70s are the co... (more)

A pair of IC SD70's pass the IC passenger station at Mattoon. This 1918-built station still proudly wears IC letterings on the platform and main entrance.

Originating in Centralia, IL, an overpowered local approaches the gated entrance to the Prairie States Energy Campus where the hopper will be spotted to load fly ash.

IC SD70 1011 heads east on the Wainwright Sub with Roberts Bank, BC to Chicago, IL train 116.

A408 rolls south through the hills of southern Illinois with a pair of IC SD70's. Countless grain elevators line the former IC, as shown in the small town of Farina.

While one train gets out of town on the Washington, DC to Atlanta main, a second train waits in the background for it to pss so it can take the R Line south. Both trains will eventually make it to... (more)