The Chillicothe Fire Department will be practicing extrication with this classic Camaro, as another classic passes with the Peoria Rocket on Friday the 13th. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Elgin Joliet & Eastern SW1200 306 kicks cars as the sun sets and a full moon rises at the south end of the yards in Joliet, Illinois. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Set of PREX 2003 - 800-2053 on the Canton Cannonball at Mapleton last Saturday Jan. 31, 2009. Hopefully Funits will return from repairs soon! STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

BNSF 6112 West is on the Peoria Subdivision of the former CB&Q's Galesburg to Peoria line, as it heads westward at Edwards, Illinois on Saturday Jan 31st, 2009. The empty coal train is returning f... (more)

The Peoria & Western Railway's Canton Cannonball slows to work the elevator at New Philadelphia, Illinois. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

It pays to carry extra fire boots, when you discover that your soon to be sixteen year old son has worn sneakers out for a day of winter photography with the Peoria & Western Railway's Canton Can... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway engineer Randy Forbis runs the Canton Cannonball westward at Cuba, Illinois on Monday. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Tazewell & Peoria Railroad engineer on GP10 3000 takes hand signals from a crewman on the ground while switching MGP Ingredients Inc. in Pekin, Illinois Riverfront trackage once owned by Conrail.... (more)

A Norfolk Southern crew approaches the crossing flashers which have been activated at Morris Avenue on the west side of Bloomington, Illinois, with a loaded grain train that had stalled earlier on... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD70 2508 with train 145 is about to enter the intersection of Reservoir and 13th Streets on Springfield's North side on Friday Jan. 9, 2009. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Chicago & Illinois Midland fell under the umbrella of Genesee & Wyoming in 1996, and was renamed the Illinois & Midland. To find a pristine SD20 still in C&IM paint, along with the classic aban... (more)

With Peoria & Western Railway down to one operating FP9, the Canton Cannonball has made a rare trip all the way west to meet the Keokuk Junction job out of Keokuk, at Laharpe, Illinois. With siste... (more)

The Peoria & Western Railway's often photographed pair of spotless FP9's power the first annual Santa Special as the train arrives Mapleton, Illinois towing Lionel like PREX caboose 3 with Santa w... (more)

Running over the CNIC's former Illinois Central Peoria District, Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE ES44AC 5754 leads a colorfull consist of modern diesels through the sleepy Central Illinois town o... (more)

The Illinois Railnet LaSalle to Zearing Job is shown crawling across one of several wooden trestles, this one over Spring Creek at Ladd, Illinois on its way to interchange with the BNSF at Zearing... (more)