On a hot, summer evening, the BNSF's L CHI102 crosses the Vermillion River in Streator.
A pair of DPU'd GEVO's shove hard on the rear of an eastbound stack train, crossing the diamond in Streator.
31K holds short of the connection track, with a Conrail in charge.
B11, the Norfolk Southern's Monday through Friday local, heads back east to Kankakee, passing a G style signal, along the way.
On May 25th, 2010, my friend Tom and I ran into a Conrail SD50, leading NS train 31K down the Kankakee Line, in Streator. Here, she's just underway, after a crew change.
NS 31K will soon become the BNSF M NSIKCK, once it reaches the BNSF Chillicothe Sub about a block ahead. A Conrail Quality SD50 is in charge of the train today.
Today's B11 is led by an NS standard C40-9 cab, equipped with a very nice sounding RS5T.
A westbound Z train uses the crossover at CP 915.
Houston-Chicago traffic approaches Streator as seen from IL Rte 23.
Signal crews work in the back ground as this westbound is about to cross the Vermilion river.
The 4388 slows her train for the NS connection at Streator.
Yet another stack train on the BNSF Transcon.
This CSX trackage rights train heads through Streator with a C40-8W, which got a recent paint job, changing it from its LMS paint scheme.
BNSF 4673 east passes through Streator.
The good old days of 20th century railroading.