Back in 1994 the Soo Line went on strike for little over 30 days. That completely shutdown the Soo Line property. So Amtrak had to find other line to operate their Empire Builder from St. Paul to ... (more)

Eastbound Q at Savanna

A loaded potash train comes into Savanna on the BN Aurora Sub. This is a CN haulage train that BN and CN use to run in the 90's before CN gain trackage rights over the WC. The BN and CN ran 4-6 tr... (more)

Guy would go to the BN along the Mississippi River in the early 90's, and all you would get was train after train of SD40-2's. Now days all you get is mainly GE's. The times have really changed ov... (more)

BN train #4 with Santa Fe 90 and a Conrail SD40 begins to slow up for Savanna as they roll along the Mississippi River. I don't know why Santa Fe power was roaming so early into the merger? The me... (more)

Burlington Northern intermodal train No. 12 approaches Savanna, Illinois, in a view from Mississippi Palisades State Park on the beautiful summer morning of July 14, 1991.

BN 3127 shows of its' orange stripes as it about to hammer the BN/MILW diamond in Savanna, IL in October of 1985.

A BNSF auto train races cars on the road it parallels coming into Savanna

A BNSF auto train comes into Savanna past the grain elevator on its way to Chicago

Westbound stacks blast around a curve near the Savanna Army Depot.

A hot BNSF double stack huals westbound to the west coast with BNSF 7248 on the point.

LMX GE B39-8 No. 8577 powers Burlington Northern train No. 34 (vehicle train) past the bluffs of Mississippi Palisades State Park just north of Savanna, Illinois, on April 27, 1991.

A westbound Z-CHCPTL9-21A is dwarfed by the shear rock cliffs that make up the Mississippi Palisades State Park just north of Savanna, Illinois. It's hard to believe that this spot is in Illinois,... (more)

An intermodal train bound for the Pacific Northwest rolls north along the Mississippi River towards Minneapolis.

An empty grain train cruises north along the Mississippi river at Mississippi Palisades State Park