Metcalf is where the B&O and NKP crossed back in the day. Today, both lines are operated by the DREI. Here is DREI 101 running on the B&O through downtown Metcalf. This shot would conclude my DREI... (more)

DREI 101 making their way East through downtown Newman, Illinois. The old brick buildings downtown here are super neat.

Some people hate on Watco, but I don't think you can complain about a matched consist with a SD45 body leading in good light. Here is one of DREI's SD45 bodies, paired with a SD40-2 on train 101... (more)

DREI 101 making its way East on the former B&O on a sunny October morning.

DREI 101 slowly making its way through the small farm town of Atwood with a SD40M-2 and SD40-2. This train runs from Decatur to Paris, IL, on the former B&0.

A Monday morning DREI 101 working East with a handful of cars on the old B&O. This was the beginning of my three Central IL shortline day. The KBS & BLOL followed this chase.

DREI 101 from Decatur heading East in some of the first sunlight of the day as they approach the small township of Hammond, Illinois.

RMRX 8600 (SD40M-2) rounds the corner while heading to Tolland, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Rocky Mountaineer's Smurf unit #8600 (SD40M-2) leads the passenger train through Tolland, Colorado as it heads west on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

WAMX SD40M-2 #4217 at McPherson, KS.

WAMX 4217 sits in Conway waiting to service a customer.

GLC SD40M-2 329 leads the South train back North through Corunna, less than a week before Watco takes over the GLC.

Illuminated by the last rays of the day, L724 knocks down Milepost 177 on the WSOR Prairie Sub. They've got 102 empty grain cars in tow for that they will spot at United Coop in Boscobel.

After stopping at Spring Green and adding 4223 to the point, L724 continues their Westbound journey into the setting sun.

SP 8701, a rebuilt former C&NW SD45, is mated with a Cotton Belt GP60 passing through Camden, MO. This is joint track territory with the NS (former Wabash) track operated as a third mainline besid... (more)