On a windy afternoon, NS 145 departs Decatur with a beautiful Catfish leader.
On a late April night, a severe thunderstorm passes by overhead while IT 2301 idles through the night. In my near five months living here in the Midwest, this storm was probably the worst... But i... (more)
IT 2301 shoves four hoppers back to double over onto track 19 as RRC 1800 spots up at Rivers Edge.
RRC 2301 and RRC 1800 run light down #2 track with guest engineer Sonny Sellers running and conductor and fellow RP contributor Mike Mautner riding the point.
With 21 cars in tow, job 203 comes to a stop under a beautiful puffy clouded sky.
Go green? A lonely John Deere rests while a much brighter green piece of equipment cools down before a day of photo charters.
The busy town of Imperial comes to a standstill as a Northbound manifest rumbles through town with a NS Catfish on the point.
KCS Engineer and good friend Sonny Sellers sprays a fourth coat of lime green onto the rear of Respondek 3086, an ex Union Pacific SD40-2 which is being painted into Illinois Terminal colors.
RailPictures.Net contributor Travis Dewitz grabs a shot of a Northbound Metra, while contributor John Ryan stands back to observe the arriving train slice through the thick fog.
Terminal Job #201 with two reds, shoves down the A&E main with 11 cars for the steel mill.
With a new track warrant in hand, a UP SD70M and a CN Dash 9 trot a Z train through Venice.
Lush green fields and blue skies make a lovely backdrop for a quartet of C420's as they grind South towards Springdale, approaching the small town of Purdy.
The Monett turn drags past the switch to shove the first car back, on a beautiful Spring afternoon.
After setting out four reefers, the Springdale Switcher puts on a show getting out of town and heading South.
The Monett Turn departs Monett and heads South towards Springdale with 23 cars behind four C420's.
