With a light dusting of snow on the ground and the glow of a setting sun, BNSF's daily Galesburg, IL - Hodgkins Yard, IL local freight charges uphill headed east on the Chillicothe Subdivision.

A fine looking phase II UP SD70ACe is in charge of the CSX Q686-27 Manifest headed for North Platte, NE from Avon, IN. This train will be symboled MINNP-27 when it hits UP rails in St. Louis.

A couple CSXT YN3 units flys westward across the St. Louis Line leading a very short sized Q233 Manifest. Among the two locomotives, one is a boxcab SD40-2 rebuild (SD40-3).

A pair of Union Pacific units charge south down CN's Champaign Subdivision headed for UP trackage at Kimmundy, IL. Currently on the CN, this train is running under the symbol M399 but once hitting... (more)

A westbound vehicle train headed for Belen, NM ducks under a pair of ATSF searchlight signals still untouched by BNSF signal maintainers. The train is powered by a sad and pathetic looking ex ATSF... (more)

On an absolutely bone chilling evening, five Union Pacific SD70M's lug the westbound Global IV Joliet to Long Beach, CA container train up Edelstein Hill. It's not everyday that you see an all EMD... (more)

Making their usual early Sunday afternoon run south, Iowa Interstate's daily "Bureau Switcher" local freight heads down-grade approaching Peoria with a duo of GP38-2's in charge.

Basking in the late afternoon sun, UP 521 sits on a side track off Union Pacific's Columbus Subdivision behind the UP depot.

On a cold and bright December morning, Keokuk Junction Railways 4th annual "Santa Special" departs its small yard for the trains first stop in Mapleton. This train would travel the length of KJRY'... (more)

Norfolk Southern's daily Decatur, IL to Bellevue, OH manifest storms through Tolono headed eastbound on the Lafayette District with a matching pair of Dash 9 widecabs up front.

A couple of BNSF evolution series GE's race a Logistics Park, IL to Long Beach, CA container train westbound through Chillicothe on a gorgeous October afternoon.

A a beautiful St. Patrick's Day, a pair BNSF General Electric units race the Clearing Yard, IL to Northtown, MN high-priority Manifest though Rochelle on the Aurora Sub.

With major track work on BNSF's Ottumwa Sub, both California Zephyr and Southwest Chief passenger train's were forced to detour over the UP on their Geneva Sub. Here we see westbound train number ... (more)

Led by a lone NS Dash 9 widecab, a long eastbound Vehicle train for Chicago crawls through West Chillicothe in the middle of a busy morning on the BNSF Transcon.

On crisp and clear September morning, an eastbound Intermodal Z-train headed for Willow Springs, IL flys through CP 1395 Edelstein.