The Illinois Railway's tunnel motor kicks up snow as it heads west across rural countryside just west of Yorkville.

IR 7444, 9238 and HBR 5008 are all clear of Yorkville, as the throttle is opened up in the small, farming town of Fox.

The sun, filtered through a thin band of cirrus clouds, is about to set almost directly down the Illinois Railway's Ottawa line, just after its last train of the day has headed down it.