UP AGBML doesn't waste anytime departing Villa Grove with a fresh crew aboard and a three pack of CSX units, the third being an SD40-3. This train is bound for Mira Loma, CA, an area within Jurupa... (more)

UP ZYCLD heads out of Villa Grove with two UP yellow units and a patched SP AC44CW.

UP MYCAS leaves Villa Grove with a new crew with two KCS SD70ACes for power, having gone into emergency in town due to a separated air hose.

UP 1440 and a HLCX unit lead the LSB50 local south into the setting sun and over the last crossing of the day.

"Local 50" The UP LSB50 local pulls into it's home base, Villa Grove, with a 2 car train. Trees are starting to transition into their fall colors, making shots a bit more interesting.... (more)

"Next Stop... The TP&W" UP's LSB50 with UP 1945 and 1494 pulls north out of Villa Grove with a big train consisting of transformers, hoppers, and tank cars.

"Perfect Timing" Just as the sun pops out, UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage, unit rolls into Villa Grove with the MPRAS past an old, unused Chicago and Eastern Illinois/Missouri... (more)

After hitting a truck along the Villa Grove sub near Goodwine, IL a month or so ago, UP 7464 sits in Villa Grove yard for another evening. There is also a boxcar on a flatcar behind it..

UP 8169 brings up the rear of northbound coal train CWEKS-15 (West Elk Mine, CO - Blue Island, IL)

NS 8808 takes the ADESPJ into Villa Grove for a crew change.

The signal at 142.2 stands tall as another sun sets.

After slowing to let UP 1982 pass, two older CSX EMDs and a UP ES44AC get the ZYCLD up to speed out of Villa Grove.

The southbound ZYCMX train sits dead just north of Villa Grove.

UP 8037 and two other EMDs notch up out of Villa Grove. They will interchange to the NS about 20 miles north of here at Sidney.

NS 1116 and 1074, the Lackawanna Heritage, run around a southbound train on the main.