Eastbound Waterloo to Chicago grain grinds up grade passing through the small town of Scales Mound. The train has struggled upgrade the 8 miles from Galena There are all the elements of a small Illinois, Christmas tree, Veterans Memorial, Gazebo, older buildings.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
