Locomotives awaiting service being moved around at Quality Rail in Madison, Illinois.

Decorated GNA 2-6-0 26 sits on display at IRM with a fully decorated freight train for Happy Holiday Railway.

TP&W 3441 is seen in a double exposure heading east through Crescent City, IL.

CNW SD50 7009 sits decorated at IRM for the Happy Holiday Railway event.

METX #509 (EMD SD70MACH) leads Milwaukee District West line train no. 2235 at Tower B-12 in Franklin Park, IL.

A westbound Keokuk Junction Railway freight passes milepost 120 between Sommer/Hollis and Kolbe, Illinois, on April 7, 2016. Two EMD FP9s (Nos. 1750 and 1752) and GP20 No. 2003 power the train of ... (more)

An eastbound TP&W freight passes the old IC depot and crosses the Main Line of mid-America at Gilman.

Another northbound CN manifest smacks the TP&W diamonds and passes the former IC depot at Gilman.

NS local D32 works its way through Bloomington as it heads for Good Yard on the west side of town.

Some newer Ge's and a Few East PENN Railroad unit's sit at MEI.

EAST SAINT LOUIS IL Aug 6 1976 -- Penn Central GP40 3245 awaits an assignment. Upon the Conrail merger it became CR 3245. Corrections and/or additions welcome. My photo.?

UP train MBNAS with one of the Alton & Southern SD60s heads south through Atlanta, IL.

UP train MBNAS with one of the Alton & Southern SD60s makes their double at Bloomington.

An eastbound Burlington Northern piggyback train curves under the signal bridge at 5th Street in Mendota, Illinois, at 9:35 a.m. on May 2, 1992.

Santa Fe’s 199 train flies over the Vermillion River Bridge as it leave Streator, Illinois, in its wake at 4:58 p.m. on June 26, 1993. Powering the train destined for Richmond, California, is AT... (more)