Paul Meyer photo.

M37161 blasts through Manteno as the trees begin to bloom along the Main Line of Mid-America.

CN 5529 leads the southbound M371 train through downtown Manteno.

CN SD60F 5529 leads southbound M371 by the grain elevator in Manteno, IL. It's nice to see an SD60F out and about, as a good majority of them are currently in storage.

A classic Illinois Central SD70 leads southbound train M336 through Manteno at every bit of 60 MPH.

Southbound on the old Illinois Central mainline, Amtrak's Saluki glides by the Manteno grain elevators at track speed. The train will soon observe a near on time arrival in downtown Kankake... (more)

CN M336 heads south through Manteno with a sweet lash-up.

Passing the Manteno grain elevator at track speed, BCOL 4644 is looking good on this fall morning.

Highballing through the Village of Manteno. A great sight, indeed!

AZER E8 6070 blasts south through Manteno, doing every bit of track speed.

"The City of New Orleans" comes ever closer to its final destination of Chicago as it charges through Manteno, IL, on old Illinois Central rails.

Good old IC power leads a southbound past the carnival in Manteno.

A BNSF ACe is in charge of a CSX SD40-2 and two more IC EMD's as they race through the small hamlet of Manteno, IL at near 60mph.

An all IC consist lead by SD70 1029 is pulling through Manteno on its way south. 'Twas quite a treat to catch a pure IC consist in 2007.