Blue skies, new snow and orange engines make for a colorful picture.

BNSF 9892 skirts the frozen Mississippi River at Savanna.

A southbound crosses the detector at MP148.

Ive said it before and ill say it again, The Burlington Northern Santa Fe should have just stuck with this paint scheme...

A BNSF grain train runs along the Mississippi Palisades just north of Savanna.

5109 along with a pair of CSX SD40-2's enjoy a sunny fall afternoon passing through Savanna.

Fall peak along the Ol' Miss! A loaded ore train works eastbound down the Palisades on a perfect autumn day.

An eastbound BNSF manifest makes its way along the Palisades just after the fall color peak.

An eastbound stack train hustles along the Palisades with two Amtrak P42s in-consist.

A seven unit consist meets a standing train in East Savanna IL. early in the morning. 6367 was a MILW unit at one time so it should feel right at home on these rails.

A quintet of BNSF GE's skirt the murky waters of the great Mississippi river as it enters Savanna IL.

The 'City of Savanna' is a daily reminder to the residents of Savanna, Illinois of their railroad heritage. A couple hundred yards back, this westbound double stack passed over the diamonds where... (more)

Big power for a local. A pair of gull wing units pull a short four car freight out of Savanna. It's an uphill climb from the Mississippi. This is the old CB&Q where this local runs to Oregon, Il.... (more)

The DPU of an eastbound (south by compass along the river) ore train has just passed under the overlook at Mississippi Palisades State Park and follows the rest of the train into Savanna. The hig... (more)

It started out Thursday afternoon as rain, and then snow mixed in. When the precip turned to all snow, the flakes were the size of potato chips. The snow stuck to every little twig on every tree... (more)