NS 957, the Illinois Division Christmas train, heads out of Decatur and towards Illiopolis during its last run of the day, with WAB F7A 1189 and CN FPA-4 6789 leading on one end, and special NS SD... (more)

A CSX GP30 style road slug sits on the point of a short local in CSX's small yard in Decatur, Illinois. Locomotives: CSX 2210 (GP30 Road Slug), CSX 6435 (GP40-2), CSX 6442 (GP40-2), CSX 2275 (GP35... (more)

NS #2604 leads an empty grain train into North Yard with the Wabash Heritage unit second out.

Decatur Junction power is tied down North of Decatur. Steve Smedley photo

RJ Corman #9003 works the Tate & Lyle yard at Decatur Illinois

End of the line. an aging Southern hopper meets the end of its service by meeting the scrappers torch.

NS #9373 leads the 301 south out of Decatur Illinois.

NS #6597 leads the power for the D79 grain train as they depart Decatur bound for Curran Illinois for a pickup.

A loaded corn syrup train from Tate and Lyle in Lafayette, Ind., departs Decatur after a quick crew change at 22nd Street on April 3, 2015. This train will interchange to the BNSF in St. Louis who... (more)

The CSX remote job pulls onto the NS main for some head room,

After meeting a northbound at BD Junction, NS 33Q rolls down the Brooklyn District with a former Conrail SD60M as sole power on March 7, 2015. The train originates out of Decatur, Ill., and termin... (more)

Seen from the cab of Monticello Railway Museum's Canadian National MLW FPA4, NS Illinois Division Santa Train waits as passengers deboard after the first run Sunday. Framed in the window, a CSXT ... (more)

The Santa Train rolls through town just as the sun decided to make an appearance.

On a day that was dominated by clouds, the NS Santa Train finds a pocket of sunshine at Wabic Junction in Decatur. The old coaling tower still stands in the background.

Norfolk Southern's New York Central heritage unit leads a loaded pellet train out of Decatur as it rounds a big curve east of the WABIC (acronym for Wabash-Illinois Central) interlocker where NS a... (more)