Back in 2006, the BNSF was detouring these Granite City ore trains via Aurora. I don't remember exactly why, but I think it was a bridge issue or something? Either way, it was cool to see these he... (more)

While SO many things have changed in 25 years from this photo, for some reason an afternoon hotshot train for Seattle, WA, still rumbles across the Aurora Sub from Chicago in 2019. Back in 1994 an... (more)

CN train #340 had some issues and stalled climbing out of the Mississippi River Valley east of Savanna. So a BNSF Northtown to Chicago train had to cut their power and push the train up the grade.... (more)

One of my favorite things in the 90's was these CN haulage trains the BN ran. Being a young kid and seeing Canadian power for the 1st time was something completely different for me. Consist like t... (more)

Back in 1994, you seen this coming, and you were like, "just another damn pair of 40's." Well I see alot of people say that now days about the GEVO's and Dash 9's. One thing about the r... (more)

CN haulage trains on the BN were pretty cool back in the 90's. These trains ran via the BN from Superior to Chicago until the CN got trackage rights over the WC. It was pretty neat seeing Canadian... (more)

Eastbound Z-train from Portland, OR, to Chicago, IL, blast past west end of the Burke Siding. Burke is the 1st siding east out of Savanna on the C&I. Work crews are busy putting in new signals her... (more)

Days are numbered for these classic Q-searchlight signals at East Burke. As I shot night shots here I wondered how many trains these signals have watch pass by over who know how many years? Makes ... (more)

Signal crews take a break for this load potash train to pull out of the siding at West Burke. Crews worked on this Sunday to prep for the signal replacements at East and West Burke. Wont be long a... (more)

A loaded rail train climbs Red Barn Hill out of the Savanna river valley. This train is heading out on the Chicago Sub today to dump rail between Byron and Davis Jct. The train is following 472 a... (more)

The westbound ZCHCSSE is squeezing in at Burke to clear this eastbound oil train. This westbound Z-train is not having a good trip this morning. It sat at Millledgeville for 3 eastbound Z-trains, ... (more)

The Grand Forks, ND, to Belt Railway Clearing Yard in Chicago, IL, high priority manifest train works past a parked LPC stack train at Burke Siding on the east side of Savanna. This train has 100 ... (more)

The Bensenville Yard, IL, to Nahant Yard, in Davenport, IA, manifest train drops down grade towards Savanna as it passes the Red Barn Crossing and MP 131. The crossing box here at Red Barn is show... (more)

The new H-1 Dash 9's were just starting to get common on train in early 1998. Here a westbound Z-train has 3 fairly new Dash 9's and is about to Burke Siding east of Savanna.

A consist that showed the history of the BNSF merger, with a Santa Fe in the lead and a Burlington Northern trailing, the BNSF was formed in the middle. Seen here passing over Oil Valley School Ro... (more)