Crews as Silver Creek Station are busy steaming up Silver Creek & Stephenson Heisler No. 2 for the first run of the morning. The engine normally burns coal, but was burning wood this weekend.
Heisler No. 2 streaks through a grove of trees in rural Illinois at a whopping 5 mph.
Crew members chat, while preparing to make another trip up the line. The SC&S runs on a segement of the old Milwaukee Road Line know as the "Southwestern". Which ran from Savanna Il. (Kitteridge) ... (more)
Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad no. 2 has the honors as it pulls the 2pm excursion. The last caboose on the train is the oldest in Illinois. It was bulit in in 1889 for the Hannibal and St. Jos... (more)