After a series of storage moves, Union Pacific's Janesville based local has finally reached the final 77 cars on the Evansville Spur. They've made the joint on the block of company owned two bays,... (more)

A M338 crewman grabs for his travel bag, as the Freeport local sits idle in the background.

WSOR 2052 (ex IC "skunk" 2008) leads the Reedsburg Local across Military Road, which is protected by wig wags. You can see some sort of Army equipment in front of the engine.

UP 1312 is pulling crossing a 4 lane road. The conducter told me that these cantilever crossing signals are only about a year old.

WSOR 4025, the sweet looking 25th anniversary unit, backs up across Arch Street to couple to cars in the yard..

Here is an old Soo Line steamer displaying a nice coat of black paint.

Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad no. 2 has the honors as it pulls the 2pm excursion. The last caboose on the train is the oldest in Illinois. It was bulit in in 1889 for the Hannibal and St. Jos... (more)

SD40-2s, SD20s, and a GP38.WSOR 4025, (25th anniversary unit) WSOR 4007, WSOR 2056, WSOR 2055, WSOR 2053 (OLS unit) WSOR 3807.

Three relics, one shot.

Sadley, rumor has it that this unit has since been scrapped.....

CN 2409 rolls across Stephenson Street on a nice October night.

This here is the oldest caboose in the state of Illinois. It was built in 1889 for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, and is owned and operated by the Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad, and the ... (more)

The WSOR Janesville-Monroe Job leaves Janesville to begin work on the Monroe Sub.

This was THE FIRST SD40 built at EMD. It built on an SD35 frame originally. At first, it was used as a demo unit for EMD and it was later sold GM&O. Finally it ended up in a Illinois Central pain... (more)

The Freeport local crew, Jim and Jerry (the most friendly raiload workers I've ever met!) step down from their good old GTW SD40-2 after another long day. Note the snow on the plow, I figured it w... (more)