With highs in the single digits, an H1 SD40 & a H4 “triclops” SD60M take the 476 job west through Big Rock... bound for the second part of work at Flagg Center.

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight led by freshly-rebuilt EMD GP39E (rebuilt by EMD, hence the “E” designation) sweeps through the curve approaching Big Rock, Illinois, early in the morn... (more)

A westbound Q train passes the former CB&Q searchlight signal at the west siding switch Big Rock. There aren't many CB&Q style searchlights left with the extra spacing and finial.

TRESPASSER!!! In a strange quirk of fate, CNW 8646, one of the two famed "CNW Twins," the last two CNW units in original, unpatched paint, managed to find its way onto it's longtime rival's tra... (more)

The Lackawanna slowly rolls through the siding, about to meet a westbound. What location are we at again?

Blue skies, a heritage unit and classic searchlights...it doesn't get much better!

After meeing an eastbound at Sugar Grove, BNSF 5459 is back on the move, westbound at Big Rock.

4449 sprints east on the BNSF over a small creek towards a rural crossing PACKED with foamers. This was first time ever seeing the 4449, and needless to say I was anything but dissapointed.

Smell that fresh paint! Brand new BNSF ES44DC 7222 highballs the Z CHCSSE west through Big Rock.

A pair of blue and yellow ATSF SD40-2's highball the hot St. Paul to Chicago intermodal down the C&I in Big Rock. Lash-ups like this are becoming more hard to find now these days in 2008...wait...... (more)

NS Dash 9 9909 and a BN SD40-2 approach Big Rock where they will take the siding and pause for a few minutes

NS 9909 and a Cascade green BN SD40-2 lead S LAWNSA through Big Rock, heading for Sugar Grove, where a crew van is awaiting their arrival. From there, the new crew will take the train to Eola, and... (more)

Pulling into Big Rock siding for a meet with two opposing trains, this NS SD70 manages to catch the light of a beautiful sunset as it rounds the curve approaching the stop indication. Can't beat ... (more)

BNSF 7185 leads one of the few manifests that traverse the Aurora Sub through Big Rock at restricted speed.

Another BNSF Z train flies along the line to St Paul at 60mph on a beautiful summer afternoon.