The daily eastbound Decatur & Eastern Illinois train 101 is seen rolling through Newman, IL.

BNSF 8409 is in charge of taking empty coal hoppers towards Galesburg.

The daily eastbound Decatur & Eastern Illinois train 101 is seen rolling through Newman, IL.

A pair of IC SD70s lead A407 across the cross the CSX main to St Louis and pass by the Amtrak depot at Effingham.

A407 heads north through Watson, IL with a pair of IC SD70s.

About 30 minutes after departing Centralia, A407 screams north through the small town of Farina, IL.

In a view from Roosevelt Road overpass, Metra MP36PH-3S No. 402 powers a Metra commuter train at Chicago, Illinois, on April 17, 2009.

An empty coal train heads towards Galesburg, seen here just North of Orion, IL.

A pair of ACes lead an empty coal train across the BNSF Barstow Sub.

A407 departs Centralia just a few minutes before sunrise with a pair of IC SD70s doing the honors.

Starting the day from Chicago Union Station, CSX's P001 is seen passing through the bascule bridges spanning the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal about 100ft north of Ash Street interlocking.

Bi-level Metra Highliner-equipped commuter trains sit at the end of the former Illinois Central electric main line out of Chicago at University Park, Illinois, on the morning of May 9, 1992. The H... (more)

A CSX freight, led by EMD GP15T No. 1515, works out of Dolton at Riverdale, Illinois, on the afternoon of March 19, 1988.

KCS 4006 leads M259, formerly MVNKC, through the siding at Pleasant Hill as an empty grain train for Jacksonville holds the main.

KCS 4006 leads M259, formerly MVNKC westbound on the Roodhouse Sub into the small town of Nebo, IL.