Eastbound loaded coal train, NS#70Q, heading for Duke Energy ~ NS Illlinois Division

Eastbound NS #223 passes a wheat field and a orchard farm heading for Mt. Vernon.

Eastbound NS #167 with an IC leading the way passes milepost 79

Eastbound NS #223 splits the signals heading for Mt. Vernon.

Eastbound NS #111 on the NS Illinois Division.

Eastbound NS #24G passes a wheat field and an apple orchard on its way to Mt. Vernon on the NS Illinois Division.

Eastbound NS #223 just East of Dix on the NS Illinois Division. Checkout to two different number boards and a new cow catcher.

NS #115 takes the turn and heads for Centralia.

NS Train #223 motors by me and an orchard heading for Mt. Vernon. This was a long one!!!

Eastbound NS 223 rides the roller-coaster track profile west of Dix, IL

W/B NS 375 passes the station sign at Dix, Illinois

What is that other dude doing alongside the lead loco?