A duo of original N&W SD40-2s leading a 35-car D36 towards Decatur. You could see and hear these SD40's coming for a good mile as they towed their train South chugging up smoke as they made their ... (more)

D36 passing by the Harvest Moon Drive-In Movie Theater in Gibson City, Illinois, with a duo of former Norfolk & Western SD40-2s. This drive-in theater was just voted as the best in the USA in 2025... (more)

D36 coming into the town of Gibson City where they will do some work at DuPont Chemical before continuing to Decatur. This pair of former N&W SD40s was a nice duo while it lasted.

D36 heading South for Decatur with a four pack of SD40-2s and two boxcars past a string of code line.

D36 heading South for Decatur with a four pack of SD40-2s and two boxcars.

NS D36 for Decatur heading through downtown Monticello on the Bloomington District. Unfortunately, this job is now littered with SD60Es.

D36 knocking down the approach signal for the mainline just North of Bement. Just a mile South of here is where the Bloomington District connects into the Lafayette District to Decatur, where thi... (more)

NS 6173 making a dash South on the old Wabash mainline towards Decatur in the last hour of sun-rays. Coming into Gibson City the autoracks were up front, but a pickup in GC caused them to be moved... (more)

The classic NS 6173 leading D36 South down the Bloomington District passing by CP Goembel. NS 6173 is definitely one of the most classic and original SD40-2s on the roster. This was my first time ... (more)

D36 wrapping out of Gibson City with a fairly nice sized train in tow.

A former Conrail SD40 and two SP SD40M-2s lead D36 from Bloomington, Illinois, West on the Lafayette District for Decatur. It does not get anymore golden and storm lit than this! One of the most g... (more)

D36 heading South on the Bloomington District with two SP SD40M-2s in the trail that are bound for a leasing company out in Ohio.

D36 wrapping through Galesville on the Bloomington District.

Fresh into the new year, a pair of rebuilds: an SD40E & SD60E, bring a long D36 south by the elderly searchlight signals outside Monticello.

On a warm sunny day in central Illinois, NS’s Midwestern Icon D36 hi-tails south by Wabash searchlights just north of Monticello, IL, with a pair of SD40s.