Metcalf is where the B&O and NKP crossed back in the day. Today, both lines are operated by the DREI. Here is DREI 101 running on the B&O through downtown Metcalf. This shot would conclude my DREI... (more)
DREI 101 making their way East through downtown Newman, Illinois. The old brick buildings downtown here are super neat.
Some people hate on Watco, but I don't think you can complain about a matched consist with a SD45 body leading in good light. Here is one of DREI's SD45 bodies, paired with a SD40-2 on train 101... (more)
DREI 101 making its way East on the former B&O on a sunny October morning.
DREI 101 slowly making its way through the small farm town of Atwood with a SD40M-2 and SD40-2. This train runs from Decatur to Paris, IL, on the former B&0.
A Monday morning DREI 101 working East with a handful of cars on the old B&O. This was the beginning of my three Central IL shortline day. The KBS & BLOL followed this chase.
DREI 101 from Decatur heading East in some of the first sunlight of the day as they approach the small township of Hammond, Illinois.
What is a small town in Illinois without a railroad, grain elevator(s), and a Casey's General Store? Here in Atwood, Watco's Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad rolls through town with train 101 b... (more)
