On a beautiful August 1st, the IR's Job 107 heads west through Montgomery, about to hop on the mainline to Ottawa.

A westbound coal train charges through the EBCS Q bridge at Montgomery.

Coal loads head east through Montgomery, with an Executive SD70MAC bringing up the rear. The CB&Q signal bridge isn't long for this world.

Running on the BNSF's Mendota Sub, the IR's Job 107 is slowly headed west through Montgomery, approaching home rails. The two Hudson Bay sisters, 5009 and 5008, along with HLCX 3839, are passing u... (more)

HBRY SD50 5009 leads the IR 107 job through Montgomery. BNSF is replacing the CB&Q signals here in the very near future.

The engineer of Job 107, the Illinois Railway's road freight between Ottawa and Eola, Illinois, flashes the peace sign as he slowly rolls 53 sand empties across the Fox River bridge on Mothers Day... (more)

Engineer is waving at us! Looks like the coupler was replaced while at the shop.

#82 and 14 lead California Zephyr #5 past Burlington Junction Railway switcher #900 in Montgomery, IL.

Burlington Junction SW9 900 sits on a spur next to the BNSF at Montgomery. BJRY took over the switching operations around Montgomery sometime in 2008.

A snoot SD40-2 still in Bluebonnet paint and a GP60M still in Warbonnet paint lead this empty coal train through Montgomery, bound for Black Thunder Mine, Wyoming. Certainly not your typical coal ... (more)

For details and more pictures of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=23180

Taken 15 days before the CB&Q/CRI&P wreck of which I have been posting pictures. These interlocking plants were called "strong-arm" plants and sometimes you had to use a leg too to pull all the p... (more)

E7A 9922B was subsequently scrapped. She was 19 years old and obviously not worth the repair expense. E9A 9987A at the right however was returned to service. For the details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wr... (more)

651 was scrapped. For details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=23180