A Tazewell & Peoria switcher serves the ADM ethanol plant (behind bridge in background). The Cedar St. bridge over the Illinois River is the truss bridge in the background while the TZPR lift bri... (more)

CIRY's second locomotive on the Kellar Branch rests near O'Brian Steel in downtown Peoria. The branch is slated to reopen in its entirety soon thanks to recent STB rulings. This is in the "old" ... (more)

CIC Job 1 has been summoned to dump ballast on the ex-MILW Amana Line. They're passing the old depot heading west to clear up in the siding for the IAIS coal empties coming out of Cedar Rapids be... (more)

A pair of veteran EMD switchers relocate further west along the former MILW mainline to dump ballast. This line now only sees a daily IAIS Cedar Rapids Turn and the occasional IAIS coal train.

A pair of veteran EMD switchers dump ballast along the former MILW mainline that now only sees a daily IAIS Cedar Rapids Turn and the occasional IAIS coal train.

On our final day at Elk Grove Village, our SW14 is ready to head back toward the yard. Engineer Pat McPhillips and switchman Noel Fuentes discuss the final spot at Vertis Communications.

On our final day at Elk Grove Village, our SW14 spots two loads of paper at Vertis Communications' warehouse.

Pulling empties from ADM to Edgewood road yard

IC moves through the plant at Joliet.

Our little engine with a big horn...Our ex-IC SW14 sports a Leslie S5 for the week, making our Thomas' presence well known.

One of the neatest switchers I've ever seen, Border Steel SW14 1442, former IC 1442, fresh from the Dixmoor paint booth sits outside the shops waiting to be interchanged to the CSXT.

WOW

During the last days of West Virginia Southern's operations WVS 1442 sets silent at South Side Junction, WVC operations ended July 7 2005, RJ Corman took over operations and brought in a pair of G... (more)

This locomotive typically lurks in the shadows, pushing and pulling ADM tankers and grain hoppers.