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)

A408's pair of IC's meet another pair of IC's on A407 in Tuscola. Sometimes it seems like the IC never left.

A pair of IC deathstars lead A408 past the IC-built Mattoon station. Now served by Amtrak, this station was built in 1918.

A pair of IC SD70s lead CN L536 South through Flossmoor.

A pair of IC SD70s lead CN L548 South through Belleville.

After waiting for a few Amtrak and Metra’s at 21st Street and 16th Street, L536 finally gets back underway departing Downtown Chicago passing 31st on the way towards Kirk Yard with two IC SD70â€... (more)

Illinois Central SD70 #1019 leads CSX Q542 through downtown passing the adjacent NS signals at 'Grinnell'.

After setting out cars on another track, BNSF 1060 shoves back onto another track to set out the IC 1034 and IC 1028 before going back to their train and onto Galesburg Illinois.

A 2014 Ford Raptor SVT stands by as a pair of Illinois Central SD70's leads a train crossing into Kendal County on a beautiful day.

IC 1010 and 1017 rolls through the cornfields just outside of Minooka on a beautiful late fall day.

IC 1010 and 1017 approaches the Caton Farm Road grade crossing on their trip down the Illinois River Sub to work industries in Morris.

Its a beautiful afternoon as IC 1021 takes the day off.

IC 1010 and IC 1017 rolls up to the north end of Joliet Yard past 4 other IC SD70's to retrieve their cars prior to a run down the Illinois River line to Morris.

One thing I did not expect to see was a report of Illinois Central "Death Star" leading CN train Q123 from Nova Scotia to the states. However that's exactly what I saw on my lunch break ... (more)