BNSF power lead the NS 224 towards St Louis, MO.

BNSF 790 & 4841 pull the westbound NS 224 out onto the main at New Baden...

Once again, UP power leads the NS 224 around the curve at MP 16 in Belleville, IL. NS GP50 7091 (operating the NS D76) waits in the background for the 224 to pass on through.

"Rare" afternoon running of the westbound #224 through Belleville. Typically this train comes through in the AM hours.

W/b NS 224 (with what is becoming normal for this train--UP power) passes the east switch of the Belleville siding. The D76 clears the main here Mon-Sat while working a couple local industries th... (more)

Westbound NS 224 with foreign power shoots through New Baden on this foggy Saturday morning...

NS 223 (NS C36-7 8519) in the hole while NS 224 CR SD60M repaint 6779 creeps past. The headight of 24N is barely visible in the far distance behind NS 223

MP 56.

NS 224 passes under the Ill-161 overpass

Waiting on the Eastbound 223

224 westbound crossing Pope Lick trestle