UMCIBIR, a taconite train from McCook, Illinois, for Birmingham, Alabama, is seen here passing underneath the Santa Fe signal bridge that at the time stood guard in Edelstein. This train and the s... (more)

Plenty of power for this IHB to KCK manifest as it grinds it way up Edelstein Hill.

AT&SF, Santa Fe 104-119-125-506, with a westbound trailer train about to climb the hill at, Edelstein, Illinois. June 12, 1991. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

The Santa Fe searchlight signals still stand strong as a westbound Z train approaches.

Union Pacific operates a few trains over BNSF's Chillicothe and Marceline Subs between Chicago and Kansas City. In recent years, it seems the number of UP trains has dwindled. On a visit to the Ch... (more)

Westbound manifest awaits being passed by a higher priority Z train at Edelstein.

On the afternoon of April 30, 1988, a westbound Santa Fe piggyback train storms through Edelstein, Illinois, after climbing the hill out of Chillicothe, Illinois.

A westbound Santa Fe train climbs Edelstein Hill just east of Edelstein, Illinois, on May 22, 1988. Powering the train is a trio of six-axle EMDs—SD45 No. 5312, SD45-2 No. 5809 and SD40-2 No. 51... (more)

At 3:40 p.m. on August 20, 1988, A westbound Santa Fe freight climbs Edelstein Hill east of Edelstein, Illinois. The train is led by AT&SF EMD FP45 No. 5990, painted in the doomed red and yellow S... (more)

First run west
Late in the day of June 4, 1988, a trio of brand-new Santa Fe EMD GP60s pull a stack train up Edelstein Hill between Chillicothe and Edelstein, Illinois. On their first r... (more)

Passing under the Illinois Highway 40 overpass, Santa Fe GE C30-7 No. 8121 leads a westbound piggyback train into Edelstein, Illinois, at the end of the day on April 30, 1988.

Back in the days of red and silver, or yellow and blue... the latest and greatest, a matched set of 5 B40-8Ws race the hottest train on the railroad around Houlihan's curve and up Edelstein hill. ... (more)

An A-A-B-A set of warbonnet EMD GP60s is about to hurtle an eastbound piggyback train over a rural road west of Edelstein, Illinois, on August 24, 1991. Powering the train bound for Chicago is GP6... (more)

On a dreary December 23, 1994, a Santa Fe intermodal train climbs Edelstein Hill between Chillicothe and Edelstein, Illinois, led by a bright warbonnet-clad EMD GP60M No. 101, followed by an older... (more)

A trio of brand-new Santa Fe EMD GP60s, powering a stack train, fly up Edelstein Hill between Chillicothe and Edelstein, Illinois, on their first run west after completion by Electro-Motive Divisi... (more)