Illinois & Midland SD18 number 61 arrives Springfield, Illinois on Saturday afternoon, December 30th, 2007 after a run from Pekin, Illinois. I&M 61 and sister unit 60 are equipped with dual contr... (more)

The CNIC's Peoria Local makes a rare early morning run south, after the previous days crew died on the hours of service. A BNSF unit has been borrowed off a coal train being unloaded in Decatur. T... (more)

The CNIC's Peoria Local makes a rare early morning run south, after the previous days crew died on the hours of service. A BNSF unit has been borrowed off a coal train being unloaded in Decatur. T... (more)

An unpatched and a little worse for the wear Southern Pacific SD45 R leads three other UP six axles and a short MBNAS south out of Bloomington, Illinois on Thursday November 29, 2007. STEVE SMEDL... (more)

Illinois Central 3140 is another one of a kind locomotive on the current CNIC roster. The engine is former Chicago & North Western Railway GP50 # 5051, derated to 3000 hsp while retaining its GP50... (more)

Amtrak train 303, the Ann Rutledge, gets a highball from the conductor of train 22, The Texas Eagle, as they perform a Market Street meet in Bloomington Tuesday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Union Pacific's South Local, with a 25 year old former Rio Grande GP40 on the point, blasts away from its work on the Havana District and Lincoln, Illinois. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Union Pacifics North local is headed home on its turn out of Bloomington, Illinois, as it rolls across the diamond at Chenoa, Illinois and the crossing of the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway. ST... (more)

Minnesota Dakota & Western S2 # 17 has just made its first move outside the enginehouse and car shops at International Falls, Minnesota. The remote control equipped locomotive has just pulled a ba... (more)

Minnesota Dakota & Western S2 # 18 and 16 sit outside the enginehouse, carshops and dispatchers office at International Falls, Minnesota. The crew one man crews from the two jobs are at dinner.

Minnesota Dakota & Western S2 # 20 is being canibilized as a parts source for the railroads other Alco's, outside the enginehouse and car shops at International Falls, Minnesota.

Minnesota Dakota & Western S2 # 17 has just been moved outside by its crew and is being warmed up prior to working a yard job in International Falls, Minnesota.

Minnesota Dakota & Western S2 # 19 sputters along, kicking cars in the International Falls, Minnesota Boise Paper plant yard, on Friday morning, July 20,2007. The four remaining ALCO S2's work d... (more)

Alliance Grain Company is the owner of this Plymouth locomotive, sitting on what was once part of the Wabash mainline through Gibson City, Illinois. While the Bloomer Lines red locomotives pull la... (more)

The Bloomer Line makes a rare early morning south bound run along former Wabash trackage as three Geeps struggle with 58 loads of grain, south of Sibley, Illinois. The train is bound for interchan... (more)