The HLCX 4210 locomotive now working at Ferrovalle recently, due to the increase in freight movement.
After spending all day loading this triple digit grain train, the 400 job gets going into Oakland an hour after sunrise. Todays Neoga bound grainer has a quartet of DREI’s finest, with the first... (more)
With over 100 fresh grain loads in tow, HLCX 4210, along with 3 other DREI motors, work hard to get out of Oaklands Cloverleaf Hill… and into the small town of Rardin.
HLCX 4210, still in IC&E paint, sits in Decatur Yard.
HLCX 4210 sits on the pit track along with former Eastern and Illinois Railroad #7565 and #1041 bound for ADM Decatur, the DREI is slated to take over the EIRC on Jan 1st.
DREI's 101 rolls over the Embarrass River at Camargo during a downpour with a nice mixture of power on the head end.
It's a blistering 92 degrees on this hot July day and the third train of the day is on the move on the Decatur & Eastern. Seen here east of Camargo rounding the curve and descending into town, tra... (more)
The two newest additions to the Decatur and Eastern Illinois Railroad sit idle after a day of work in the yard.
HLCX ex ICE nee SP GP40-2 4210 stands in Fairburn, Ga. during the early morning hours of May31-2014
A742 eases ahead on the main and will soon reverse clear of the south end of Fairburn, afterwards the local job with the HLCX ex ICE nee SP GP40-2 will slide back into the siding and engine track.... (more)
