Peoria is known for Caterpillar tractor, and in the last nine years, covered wagons. The storage train is on the move towards the Illinois River crossing at Peoria. Steve Smedley photo

Canadian National's Clinton Local shoves into the south end of the Illinois & Midland Railroad's Shops Yard in Springfield, as a Sunday morning easy rider heads out on the open road, Sunday, Au... (more)

Rock Island almost matched this commuter train departing LaSalle Street Station as seen from Roosevelt Road. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Indiana NorthEastern Railroad's GP30 4216 has been stripped of parts and sits outside the company shops at Hudson, Indiana. The 4216 came off the EMD LaGrange assembly floor as Chesapeake & Ohio's... (more)

Sticking out like an orange thumb, BNSF Railway General Electric ES44AC No. 5869 sits in the diesel service pit at Galesburg, Illinois on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. BNSF 5869 is one of 10 locomotive... (more)

Seen from the cab of Monticello Railway Museum's Canadian National MLW FPA4, NS Illinois Division Santa Train waits as passengers deboard after the first run Sunday. Framed in the window, a CSXT ... (more)

Canadian Pacific Railway 7015 is one of 60 SD70ACUs being rebuilt by Progress Rail in Kentucky, using the railroad’s stored SD9043MACs. Ten of the rebuilds will wear the attractive heritage sche... (more)

Thirty minutes after cleaning snow off the 7591, one can hardly tell its been done as The Bloomer Shippers Line Railroad uses two Geeps to plow out the entire railroad Friday. Engineer Paul Jones ... (more)

The engineer of CNIC's Santa Train works power out of Gibson City, with the carbon build up in Illinois Central E9 101 wafting back along the train as it heads for its next stop in Melvin, Saturda... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad has repainted its former Algoma Central SD40-2, in preparation of its first service on the Hayward Branch as part of a switching agreement with CN. Steve Smedley... (more)

Norfolk Southern 4001, a Progress Rail model PR43C built from an NS SD50, has the NS 996 test train stopped at Goodfield, Illinois on Tuesday June 9, 2009. At the time of the photo, the locomotive... (more)

Seventy year old Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad FP7 600 is on home rails as she passes the Amasa, Michigan depot in the Upper Peninsula on Thursday night, 17 December 2020. The locomotive is on... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad's former Chicago & NorthWestern F7 switches out cars used on the overnight Bed & Breakfast train, a very popular addition to this Northwoods classic operation. ... (more)

The Atlantic Coast Line E3A 501 passes the former Milwaukee Road depot, westbound in Black Earth, Wisconsin. The late Glen Monhart, an EMD employee and collector of older motive power, ran his en... (more)

The hard working volunteers of the Monticello Railway Museum have been up since 3am, preparing the cars and locomotives for a ferry move of the annual NS employees Santa Train. MLW FA2 6789 is fil... (more)