Norfolk Southern Railway train D0 55 passes through Ellsworth, Illinois with heavy duty flats of Caterpillar Tractor Company equipment. The Twin Groves Wind Farm is the backdrop for the train, man... (more)

Norfolk Southern Railway train D0 55 climbs Bloomington Hill in Bloomington, Illinois with heavy duty flats of Caterpillar Tractor Company equipment. The train is shown at Lincoln Street on Wednes... (more)

Norfolk Southern train D30R is at the foot of Loust Street, as it passes through the west side of Bloomington, Illinois on this snowy Tuesday afternoon. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Union Pacific's South Local backs down the Havana District towards the mainline after working the box plant on the west side of Lincoln, Illinois on this snowy Tuesday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY ... (more)

Iowa Interstates Peoria Rocket is at Buffalo Bay, south of Mossville on the run to Peoria. The 715 has apparently lost its herald in a mishap of some sort. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Iowa Interstates ''Peoria Rocket'', trundles along the Illinois Riverfront line as it nears Peoria, Illinois. The 715 is making a Sunday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2008 turn run from Bureau Junction to P... (more)

CNIC conductor Dave Bundy prepares to set out two cars of company material at Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. IC 9636 is on the point of the daly Peoria Local. The unit has been freshly touched up, with ne... (more)

CNIC conductor Dave Bundy prepares to set out two cars of company material at Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. IC 9636 is on the point of the daly Peoria Local. The unit has been freshly touched up, with ne... (more)

Illinois Central 3110 North is pumping air after working "MI'', the old telegraph call letters for Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. The 3110 is on the CNIC's Peoria Local, which operates daily as a turn out... (more)

Looking more like a model train, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, operates an officers special as seen from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illin... (more)

Illinois Railnet CF 7 # 3 is crawling across a timber trestle south of Zearing, Illinois on its trip to Zearing and interchange with BNSF. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Illinois Railnet CF 7 # 3 is crawling across a timber trestle north of Spring Valley, Illinois on its trip to Zearing and interchange with BNSF. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Illinois Railnet CF 7 # 3 along Water Street and an Illinois River above flood stage in Peru, Illinois.

Looking more like a model locomotive, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, is seen in a pan shot from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illinois on Feb... (more)

Norfolk Southern Railway train D0 55 climbs Bloomington Hill in Bloomington, Illinois with 28 loaded heavy duty flats of Caterpillar Tractor Company equipment. The train is shown at Lincoln Street... (more)