At a little over three months old, Norfolk Southern SD70ACe 1173 South leads train D46 past a KOA campground and farmstead at Carlock, Illinois on the railroad's Bloomington District, on a 6 degre... (more)

Dave Henry has his two FP9A's and GP20 2003 busting through what a snow plow has left alongside Trivoli Road as a train of new crude oil tank cars head West of Glasford, Illinois, and toward stora... (more)

After three hours of switching, the ethanol empty train has been put away in Hollis Pass, and now a train of brand new crude oil tank cars head South at Mapleton, Illinois, and toward storage near... (more)

Rolling towards Iowa Junction on the south side of Peoria, Illinois, an 88 car empty ethanol storage train is on the move towards the Illinois River crossing at Peoria. Steve Smedley photo

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

Keokuk Junction Railway begins to move an 88 car empty ethanol train for storage on the LaHarpe to Lomax section of its former TPW lines. The train is just under way after pumping air and walking ... (more)

A former Colorado & Southern Railroad SD40-2 leads Norfolk Southern train D36 through Front and Olive Street crossings in Bloomington, Illinois on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. The unit is one of sev... (more)

A smiley face is smudged into the ''Deathstar'' log of Illinois Central Railroad SD70 1027, which has just tied down for the night in Clinton, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

A Christmas wreath makes up for the lack of a nose herald, as Keokuk Junction Railway 1752 West clears a light coating of snow off the rails. The bells are open on the air horn as engineer Doug He... (more)

Conductor Jeff walks the set and release on a short ten car train at Reed City Road, west of Mapleton, after the Keokuk Junction Railway cleared Kolbe so the TPW could enter its trackage in a chem... (more)

Conductor Jeff walks the set and release on a short ten car train at Reed City Road, west of Mapleton, after the Keokuk Junction Railway cleared Kolbe so the TPW could enter its trackage in a chem... (more)

The last move of a "Dave Schauer code blue'' Northern Wisconsin Sunday afternoon shows Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad with one outbound load of pulpwood from Johnson Lumber at Hayward, Wis... (more)

The last move of a "Dave Schauer code blue'' Northern Wisconsin Sunday afternoon shows Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad with one outbound load of pulpwood from Johnson Lumber at Hayward, Wis... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad begins to pull South from Hayward, Wisconsin with loads from the Louisiana Pacific smart board plant to the CN interchange at Hayward Junction, South of Stanberry... (more)

Canadian National-Illinois Central Railroad's Santa Train is shown on the first stop of its two day trip in Central Illinois, parked in Gibson City on Saturday, December 13, 2014. The Annual Sant... (more)