After engine issues overnight in Champaign, CNs E271 autorack shuttle to UP in Salem heads south through Farina with a pair of IC SD70s. As this train is almost always nocturnal south of Champaign... (more)

A pair of IC SD70 Deathstar's and a GT painted 4 axle bring southbound CN Train A408 into Effingham, IL.

A birds eye view of IC 1005 and IC 1017 leading the CN L509 through Plainfield on the former EJE River Line.

CN A407 heads north on a haze afternoon with two Illinois Central SD70s, 1005 & 1022, and a CN NA scheme SD40-2W. They are seen here splitting the ancient Illinois Central coaling towers that can ... (more)

IC 1005 takes a rest in the yard on a hot but beautiful evening.

L536 crawls through Corwith under the GM&O era signal cantilever before getting held up for hours at Bridgeport with a duo of IC SD70’s.

The one daily Illinois River Subdivision train, CN L509 crosses over a fairly busy Interstate 80 into Minooka with two original Illinois Central SD70’s just before the approach to work Aux Sable... (more)

L509 crawls over the DuPage River on the approach to CP River where they will hop onto the River Line with a pair of IC SD70’s.

A pair of IC SD70s take A407 north across the 510ft concrete arch bridge over the Kankakee River in Kankakee.

CN train A407 heads north through the small town of Buckley with IC 1005 & 1033 in charge on this beautiful September afternoon.

Nicknamed the “Mainline of Mid-America”, the former IC mainline from Chicago to New Orleans is no stranger to Illinois Central motors still putting in hours long after CNs acquisition. Here in... (more)

Its getting that time of year again where the sun angle makes this a nice spot to document the L509 rolling through town.

Return to home rails! IC 1005, still wearing Deathstar paint, leads CN A488 south down the former IC Beaumont District, now the CN Beaumont Subdivision. Here we see them pulling the hill though Be... (more)

IC Still Kickin' CN L536 notches it up after getting the approach signal to head west. Leading this local to Gary, IN is a duo of ex-Illinois Central SD70s that still sport their original ... (more)

Here CN A488 is seen passing through Lucedale, MS with IC 1005 on old home track on the now CN Beaumont Sub.