Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) rolls along Old US Highway 66 at Shirley, Illinois on a fantastic spring Saturday, April 4, 2009. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) sports the Mopac and Chicago & Northwestern Heritage units as crew pulls south awaiting a signal at Bloomington, Illinois on a fantastic spr... (more)

Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) sports the Mopac and Chicago & Northwestern Heritage units as the train rolls south at Williamsvile, Illinois on a fantastic spring Saturd... (more)

Union Pacific train M BNAS (BLOOMINGTON-ALTON SOUTHERN) sports the Mopac and Chicago & Northwestern Heritage units as the train rolls south along old US Highway 66 at Elkhart, Illinois on a fantas... (more)

Recently returned from service after derailment repairs, Peoria & Western Railway's 1752 pilots the TZPR transfer as the train rolls over Kickapoo Creek. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

I've just learned that Peoria & Western Railway 1752, shown here on Friday the 13th, derailed the next day during a switching move in LaHarpe. The unit is out of service pending inspection and hop... (more)

Thanks to information from Doctor Christopher Guss, I was able to bag a heavy GALMAD on the Beardstown Sub at Hagener, Illinois. That is the correct spelling of the town in Cass County, apparently... (more)

Conductor Jake watches as the Canton Cannonaball crawls across the Spoon River bridge at Seville. The river is well above Flood stage, but had gone down according to Jake. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO ... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway's Canton Cannonball trundles along at 10 mph on the way to LaHarpe. I was told a part was taken off the 1750 last week to keep 1752 running, so lets hope they don't make t... (more)

Sleeping in on Sunday due to the time change, radio traffic on the Keokuk Junction Railway channel held a surprise for the photographer. Two Peoria & Western Railway crews were working on storing ... (more)

Sleeping in on Sunday due to the time change, radio traffic on the Keokuk Junction Railway channel held a surprise for the photographer. Two Peoria & Western Railway crews were working on storing ... (more)

The CNIC's Peoria Local rolls North and past some classic Allis Chalmers tractors, at Hartsburg, Illinois on the Peoria District, the former Illinois Central secondary line from Mattoon to Pekin, ... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway spent Monday switching out storage cars in preparation for a Tuesday run westbound to Good Hope. Here the 2045 heads to the Hollis Pass to drag some stored tank cars clear... (more)

Iowa Interstate's Peoria Rocket trundles past the restored Rock Island depot, home to the Chillicothe Historical Society in Chillicothe, Illinois. Hard to imagine this scene 35 years ago, when pas... (more)

With failed engines and heavy switching, Monday's Canton Cannonball is working at Kolbe station in Mapleton, Illinois with one of the few lettered P&W GP20's leading the recently repaired FP9A, 17... (more)