The American Orient Express (AOE) was a privately owned, ultra-luxurious passenger train that operated in conjunction with Amtrak from 1994 until 2008. Its lineage can be traced back to the Americ... (more)

I shot a lot of SP trains around Galesburg in the mid-90s. One thing I didn't get leading was these Colt Belt Dash 8s. Here, a pair of them lead a westbound SP train over the ATSF Chili Sub toward... (more)

An eastbound junker has just knocked down the eastbound signal at GI out the west side of Galesburg on the Chillicothe Sub. The standard 90s consist of 4-4axle blue and yellows lead the charge.

In the early 90s, my mother and I made a lot of trips to Galesburg for railroad days. It was some of the 1st places we went and seen major train action. The BNSF merger would make Galesburg the hu... (more)

Westbound Chicago to San Bernardino races out of Galesburg. 4 big blue and yellow SD's power this stacker with a SD45-2B is also in consist. The train is a few miles west of Galesburg on the Chill... (more)

An unusual A-B-A consist marches an intermodal train west of the Chilly Sub. Solid sets of blue and yellows were on the way out in 1996, replaced by Superfleet and beginning of the BNSF orange era... (more)

The LA bound hotshot out of Chicago is seen here a few miles west of Galesburg near sunset. The train is sporting one of the newer SD75M's. These units were the last units delivered to the Santa F... (more)

As big companies worry more about making money, the customer seems to get less service. Customer service like this from the railroads is getting hard to find. The Santa Fe had a few stories over t... (more)

Westbound hotshot blast out of Galesburg bound for the next crew change point at Ft. Madison, IA. The train has 4 Superfleet units to keep this hot merchandise moving to the west coast. By 1997 th... (more)

An eastbound sits at GI waiting for a hotshot westbound to crossover. Nice set of blue and yellows hammer thru GI on the westbound. GI is located on the west side of Galesburg at MP 180 on Chillic... (more)

Westbound hotshot works west on the Chilly Sub. The train is a couple miles west of the crossovers at GI in West Galesburg. The Santa Fe was only months away from the BNSF Merger. Took a few years... (more)

An westbound auto rack train has just departed Galesburg enrotue towards next crew change at Ft. Madison, IA.

Westbound New York, NY, to Los Angelus, CA, hotshot blast westbound with an A-B-B-A consist. The train is west of Galesburg enroute to Ft Madison, IA, for next crew change. While in 2011 the power... (more)

Westbound Chicago, IL, to Denver, CO, intermodel train is blasting off from Galesburg on a snowy day. The train is on the freight main since this train normally did work in the yard at Galesburg. ... (more)

Westbound auto rack train screams west about 5 miles west of Galesburg, near Cameron. In late 1995 the BNSF was only a few months into the merge, but only 3 of these F45's remained in service as m... (more)