The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

Norfolk Southern train 115 rolls past the White Oak Energy center with one of 100 second hand SD90MAC's purchased from the UP. Steve Smedley photo

Norfolk Southern's Northbound 115 train forwards an empty ethanol train towards Peoria and interchange to the Iowa Interstate Railroad, as it speeds through a fall scene at Carlock, Illinois on Tu... (more)