Two original Santa Fe units on home rails rolls under former Santa Fe searchlights that still stands at Ancona Illinois. The bridges will fall soon in the name of PTC.

Santa Fe shows off its Super Fleet colors in its final summer of independent operation as ATSF 901 races a manifest freight west near Ancona, IL on the "Transcon". One learned to set up ... (more)

Santa Fe 642 lead a westbound intermodal train out of Ancona, IL at milepost 98 and into the setting sun on a snowless February day in 1995. The BNSF merger was 7 months away and little thought wa... (more)

At the end of a pleasant day on the Santa Fe in Illinois, the setting sun and red signal give way to one more eastbound intermodal hotshot. The sun was setting on the railroad as well as the BNSF ... (more)

A BNSF intermodal train rounds the high speed curve in Ancona, IL.

A BNSF baretable train splits the ex-ATSF signals at Ancona, IL.

After an unseasonably balmy February day of enjoying Superfleet led trains near Toluca, IL, it was an added bonus to capture a westbound intermodal in late afternoon sunlight just north(east) of A... (more)

A trailer train races west over a desolate February landscape near Ancona, IL behind a mix of Santa Fe GP35/GP30s and a pair of EMD SD40-2 leasers. Although hoping for a clean set of Superfleet po... (more)

BNSF 6555 tears through Ancona at track speed (70 MPH) heading east for Chicago on a beautiful May morning.

Early morning snow clouds push thru as an NS train rolls west under the searchlights and into the big sweeping curve at Ancona.

A light layer of clouds reflect the sodium vapor lights in the distance as the searchlight signals beam brightly. The non-standard signal arrangement is the result of a 2003 derailment. The base... (more)

The dawn isn't too far off as a westbound hotshot makes quick work of the small settlement called Ancona.

While a few stray clouds roll across the sky, the moon shines over the Santa Fe searchlights displaying a clear indication for an eastbound on track two at Ancona. The trail of a shooting star is ... (more)

An SD70Ace is leading a westbound auto rack train at Ancona. The train takes off after waiting for an eastbound freight to crossover out of the way. I don't think 9300's 70Ace's are to be leading ... (more)