On a crystal clear afternoon, CNs Chicago to Centralia way freight hustles south through the town of Ashkum. Home rails for these IC SD70s, a scene all too familiar on this line.

Known around the world, and arguably the best street running operation in the country, Chicago South Shore & South Bends’ iconic 11th street passageway, shuts down Sunday Feb. 27th, 2022, as pla... (more)

With heavier snow starting to descend, Wisconsin & Southern’s fan favorite road train crawls to a halt just north of Waukesha, WI due to a cold shutdown issue with one of the trailing motors.

Screaming out of the Illinois River Valley, IAISs Peoria to Silvis train curves towards Tiskilwa with 99 cars. Two SD38-2s roaring uphill were music to the ears!

With the sun starting to swing to the west, Iowa Interstates Peoria to Silvis train cruises through Mineral with two newly reactivated SD38-2 locomotives up front.

After an unforeseen tragedy, Wisconsin & Southern’s T-004 road train screams up to the Williams elevator outside Waukesha with a trio of “Reds” and a 60m. Not too many WSOR painted motors wi... (more)

An icon of the Pacific Northwest, the evening gas train winds around the Clark Fork river towards Plains, with two of MRLs shiniest 70aces up front for power.

With an elderly GP9 for power, the Laurel switcher heads back towards Yard limits after servicing the CHS Laurel Oil Refinery for a little over an hour.

After a long haul up IAIS’s Peoria Sub, the early 2000s consist of newly reactivated SD38-2s, and a GP38, pull to a stop to flag a crossing aside this elevator, in the tiny town of Putnam.

Fresh after a 2 year hiatus in a storage, two of the four Iowa Interstate SD38-2 locomotives, along with a GP38, crawl over the Illinois River in Peoria with a long cut of grain & manifest traffic... (more)

What is normally an early afternoon train, turns into a night run after extensive setbacks on initial departure. But after working Frito-Lay outside Sidney, IL, NS’s D91 job cruises into Philo w... (more)

Nicknamed the “Mainline of Mid-America”, the former IC mainline from Chicago to New Orleans is no stranger to Illinois Central motors still putting in hours long after CNs acquisition. Here in... (more)

After an hour chunk of work at Gibson City, NS 6173 screams through the tiny town of Derby, on its way towards Bloomington.

On a warm sunny day in central Illinois, NS’s Midwestern Icon D36 hi-tails south by Wabash searchlights just north of Monticello, IL, with a pair of SD40s.

A train that historically runs under moonlight, makes a rare daylight appearance here passing Wabash searchlights in Lodge, IL on NS’s Bloomington District. In addition, due to the 2nd trailing ... (more)