I&M's only 2 SD18's make their way through North Pekin with a short train bound for the Tazewell & Peoria yards in East Peoria.

IMRR 60 works its way south past a pasture, I just missed the horses.

Illinois & Midland Railroad Work 43 South is wide open as it begins the battle for Hilltop, a station location between Petersburg and Oakford, Illinois once known as a helper district. The train h... (more)

Thunderstorms build in the distance as Illinois & Midland Railroad Work 43 South accelerates away from work at the Weaver Popcorn load-out, at Forrest City, Illinois.

Borrowed from the I&M, SD18 61 leads T&P 3000 and the empty coal train from the IAIS through downtown Peoria and past the original Rock Island depot.

I&M SD18 61 and T&P GP10 3000 double team the 110 HLMX empties through Poeria in route to Hilliards where the CN will pick it up for the run to Decatur.

IMRR 61 with its S3L air horn screaming slowly growls through industrial Peoria as the sun just about calls it a day.

IMRR SD18 61 and TZPR GP10 3000 are now in charge of the 110 car empty coal train after picking it from the IAIS at the end of their Second Sub.

An I&M southbound freight crosses the ex-GM&O at Ridgely Tower in Springfield.

An I&M SD18 and an RSD125 drop a few ballast cars at Havana while a man walking his dog gives a friendly wave to the engineer.

IMRR's 60 passes next to the Sangamon River as spring is in bloom in Petersburg.

I&M 60 rolls past Ridgley Junction in Springfield, IL.

IMRR 60 south crosses Tarr Creek on its way toward Springfield.

An SD18 and RS1325 (one of two ever built) head south over a trestle south of Petersburg.