A smiley face is smudged into the ''Deathstar'' log of Illinois Central Railroad SD70 1027, which has just tied down for the night in Clinton, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo
IC GP40R 3107 leads the Waukesha local south, coming up to the diamonds at Duplainville.
IC 2458 and 2261 rocket along the Dundas Subdivision with 34 cars in tow. Note the LMS lettering on the nose of IC 2458.
IC GP40R 3107 leads CN L504 south through Waukesha.
Empties for Minntac pound through Biwabik on an absolutely gorgeous fall day. In the background a train for BFT for Two Harbors sits.
A good looking IC leads the way down the River Line this afternoon.
An Illinois Central SD70 and a Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38-2 make for quite the lash-up on the daily River Line Local.
Late evening run with an interesting leader on the point of an oil train headed east through Southern West Virginia today. Catch'em while you can...
IC GP11 8733 sits in downtown Monticello with the museum's all IC work train. Only at the Monticello Railway Museum can you find a 100% authentic IC work train in operation!
Illinois central 790, didn't have much company for this years Railfest, due to the turntable being out of service for repairs.
Fall colors come early to northern Minnesota as ore loads from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant roll towards Two Harbors on a beautiful morning.
Under the big roof at Woodcrest, the IC 100 awaits an uncertain fate.
Death star leading CN 121. With an Illinois Central unit leading, CN 121 heads west through Montreal West, foregoing its setoff for CN 149, which has become rarer as CN 149 usually does not... (more)
CN 401 at Ste-Ambroise crossing with leading unit CN 1002 sublettered Illinois Central
A somewhat-rare high-hood GP18 sits at the front of a westbound freight waiting for a crew.
