Minutes after sunrise, BNSFs sole PTC equipped pinwheel 70mac, with coal loads for Detroit Edison, rumbles through Plano aside the former CB&Q Depot.

Now Amtrak, but formerly BN and before that CB&Q, this old depot inside Plano has seen quite the number of movements in its many years standing. Today is no different, as NS loads for Detroit rumb... (more)

A beat up Santa Fe warbonnet leads HGALBRC by the Amtrak depot at Plano, IL.

During the wee hours of the morning, U-FCLEOL disrupts the silence past the Plano CB&Q era depot as it travels the last few miles before it’s arrival to Eola Yard with a sand train for the IR. B... (more)

With the regional trains mostly having IDOT SC44 chargers nowadays, a P42DC has made its way onto the Carl Sandburg for the first time in awhile, also being the new Phase I heritage unit, AMTK 161... (more)

Ripping the quiet of night, BNSFs Galesburg to CN Kirk train roars through Plano, with a former Santa Fe Dash 9 up front. One of the few ATSF -9s that have PTC in 2021, and sport its old fashioned... (more)

As the rain picks up, a former IC SD70 rockets through Plano, IL, passing the old CB&Q depot in the middle of town.

IDOT Charger 4612 arrives into Plano with the westbound Illinois Zephyr.

BNSF 2351 gets ready to depart Plano, IL to head back west to Mendota, IL .

The good looking Warbonnet continues its westbound journey, throttling up out of a speed restriction in Plano.

BNSF 4646 leads the BRCGAL past the CB&Q depot in Plano.

#5 highballs west at Plano.

Amtrak P42 134 highballs through Plano with the westbound California Zephyr.

The nicest set of coal train power I've seen in a long time accelerates these westbound empties through Plano, past the old CB&Q depot.