Fourteen years after the merger with CN there are still some Illinois Central lettered locomotives to be found like these two in the CN Decatur yard. IC 6201 & 1027.
Illinois Central power pulls a mixed freight out of the yard and across the diamonds.
What a lashup! IC E9A 101 is paired with two F units from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum collection during the 2004 Railfan Weekend event, which featured cab units from various midwest railroa... (more)
CN and LORAM have been busy replacing rails, ties and ballast. These empties kick up fresh ballast dust heading north.
A million dollars of ore blasts down the hill for Two Harbors with a nice wave from the engineer.
Q198 rolls south through Plainfield with a Dash 9 in charge. A GEVO was pushing at the rear as a DPU.
A study in contrasts as black and white IC 6252 grinds upgrade past maple trees near full color.
CN 114 hits the curve at Mount Albert with mixed manifest upfront followed by double stacks.
Two "Operation: Lifesaver" locomotives sit back to back in the morning sun including NS 5317 and IC 6071. Both are on display for Monticello Railway Museum's Railroad Days event.
Illinois Central 6071, the first EMD SD40 ever built, is on display as the "IC 6071 Exhibit" at the Monticello Railway Museum's yearly "Railroad Days" event on September 22, 2012. The unit started... (more)
A lone BlueBerry C-40W starts it's string of empty hoppers south at Rugby Jct.
CN 149 weaves its way through the S-curve at Newtonville Rd. with IC 2725 and 8871 up front.
A five unit lash-up powers 332's train today with a mixture of IC Dash 9's, an early model CWL, a standard cab Dash 8 and a widecab EMD.
Illinois Central 101 pulls a passenger special for Ashley Furniture's 40th anniversary through Dodge, Wisconsin as a TERRIFIED horse flees the scene.
