With the pair of Alton & Southern SD60's in charge, UP train MBNAS (Bloomington, IL to Gateway Yard in East Saint Louis, IL) prepares its departure out of the Bloomington Yard. Clouds were heavy i... (more)
Norfolk Southern's Decatur to Normal local, D32, brings it to a stop on the ex-Nickel Plate Road mainline of the Bloomington District, January 28, 2022. They will eventually tie down here due to s... (more)
ALS 2205 leads UP MBNAS in Bloomington, IL as they are getting there train together before heading south to St. Louis
NS local D32 works its way through Bloomington as it heads for Good Yard on the west side of town.
UP train MBNAS with one of the Alton & Southern SD60s makes their double at Bloomington.
UP 2205 dressed up in Alton Southern livery waits for its next assignment on MBNAS later this afternoon. In the background are the switchers for AgRail
A&S 2204 leads the MBNAS south toward Springfield IL.
WRIX 1229 sits outside the grain elevator in Bloomington Illinois while hazy wild fire skies settle in over the Midwest
NYC GP9 5985, and two P&E GP7's 5623 and 5613, leads the daily train 99 from Indianaoplis to Peoria, crossing the GM&O and Monon at Bloomington, Illinois on April 29, 1959. A subsidiary of the ... (more)
After completing a pickup at the Cargill Plant, LSF54 begins the short trip back to the Bloomington Yard. Leading the way is a pair of GP60's, the leader being #1066 in Southern Pacific paint.
NS 3455, an admiral cab SD40-2 leading the NS 911 SD60E on a D36 bound for NS Good Yard in Bloomington. They’re seen here just outside of the city of Bloomington.
Various UP power sits in the yard in Bloomington.
FXE 4058 (SD70ACe) sits in Bloomington, Illinois on UP M-BNAS
A patched Cotton Belt and sister GP60 unit will soon be the power for the local switch job.
GM&O EMD SD40 numbered 901-921, built in 1966.