Two Illinois & Midland Railroad crews work in tandem as they set cars into a rip track and sort others with rare locomotives. I&M 31 is one of two RS1325's ever built, while 60 is one of a pair of... (more)

Norfolk and Western Heritage unit 8103 leads the The Q-FTMNSA through Galesburg and over the former Santa Fe transcon. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's set of FP9A units lift 30 cars out of the west end of UE siding before heading west into Cuba, Illinois, with 62 cars. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's set of FP9A units roll west into Cuba, Illinois, with 62 cars. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's set of FP9A units are nearing nine years of service. A little worse for wear, the 1750 pulls thirty cars from the west end of UE siding, east of Cuba, Illinois. When the ... (more)

Illinois & Midland's RS1325 30 passes a farm pond with Canada geese as the train returns to Powerton yards at Pekin on Monday morning after a quick trip to Havana. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Keokuk Junction Ralway's Keokuk turn, with the set of Funits safely in tow, trundles through Sciotta at a blistering 10mph. The Funit set are on the way to the LaHarpe enginehouse for a 92 day ins... (more)

Illinois Railway's Job 107 makes an unsual daylight appearance over the Ottawa line, as the lines newly aquired SD45R, 7444, rolls along at 10mph. The train skirts the Fox River just south of Os... (more)

Illinois Railway's Zearing Job, which had been working with two units, has left an ailing CF7 behind as the train heads North on the branch towards Zearing on Friday morning Feb. 17, 2012. STEVE... (more)

The last Elgin, Joliet & Eastern SD38-2 still wearing its ''J Ball'' logo, the 662 has just come in from Mt. Pulaski with an empty grain train bound for Heyworth, Illinois. EJ&E 654, on the Hartw... (more)

Engineer Rance Grieder, aboard Illinois Central GP38-2 9621, builds air while performing switching moves with a single unit Peoria Local, as his conductor walks to line a switch. The under-pow... (more)

What turned out to be a treat for the photographer was more of a trick for the crew of Halloween Day's Canton Cannonball. Upon arrival Monday, crews could not get the train moving due to ground r... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's Canton Cannonball rolls downhill off Glasford Hill and across Trivoli Road on Halloween afternoon, Monday October 31, 2011. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Halloween Day's Canton Cannonball is two miles from a crew change that normally would have taken place four hours prior. The train suffered a five hour delay due to locomotive issues. The home in ... (more)

What turned out to be a treat for the photographer was more of a trick for the crew of Halloween Day's Canton Cannonball. Upon arrival Monday, crews could not get the train moving due to ground re... (more)