The South Local blasting through Palmetto, MO.

Wreck crews from Hulcher wave to Amtrak train 311, ''The Loop'', as it rolls slowly past derailed South Local at the elevator track lead in McLean, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

With 5 motors and a respectable 26 cars, the Friday 'cleanup' train rolls through downtown Woodstock, taking everything south to interchange with CSX before Christmas.

The south local on the way to Marietta, with a good number of cars loaded with marble chunks from the mountains of north GA.

Two GP30's (The second unit was rebuilt with a Spartan Cab) haul Temple's south local through the S-Curve at Rogers.

A short South Local rolls North at Shirley, Illinois in between Amtrak trains Friday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Union Pacific's South Local backs down the Havana District towards the mainline after working the box plant on the west side of Lincoln, Illinois on this snowy Tuesday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY ... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad South Local has a rare former Kennecott Copper GP39-2 on the point, as it passes the former BNSF GP7 owned by Elkhart Grain Company, on Tuesday morning Oct. 2, 2007. The 120... (more)

CADC units being broke in on the Iowa Northern after rebuild at NREX