BNSF SD70MAC 9827 and a sibling pull the 223 through Belleville IL on a rainy Sunday morning.

A very nice C39-8E pulls eastbound NS 115 out of the modest grade at Belleville, IL Saturday afternoon...

Eastbound NS 111 rounds the curve at milepost 16 in Belleville, IL this afternoon.

Westbound NS 224 with a nice C39-8 on point charges through Belleville, IL this afternoon.

Westbound NS 168 with a trio of SD40-2s charges through Belleville, IL this afternoon...

New crossbucks and crossing gates protect the double-track at the east end of the New Baden passing siding...eastbound NS 223 departs after meeting westbound NS 112.

UP SD90/43MAC leads today's tardy westbound NS 224 through Belleville, IL

Rare. early daylight departure from St Louis of the NS 285 (ex-282) with "spartan unibrow" (applied to spartan cabs) horsehead scheme on SD70 2565. Widecab "unibrows" have a wider "brow."

Eastbound NS 115 lead by a single catfish this morning...

NS 223 crests the grade in Belleville, IL this Saturday morning

Eastbound NS 223 with the modified new Norfolk Southern colors tops the grade in Belleville at 11:13am today

In-your-face shot of C40-9W 9744 leading todays westbound 224

E/B combo 115/69G tops the grade at Belleville, IL.

Eastbound NS 24N climbs the modest grade at Belleville, IL