On a foggy morning, the silence is broken in the small town of Sheldon as a southbound KB&S grain train makes way to Lafayette, IN.

KBSR 702 & 701 in the front of a train from Lafayette as they get ready to pound the diamond with the TP&W in Sheldon. Interesting enough, KBSR 706 & 704 were on the train 3 cars back, with more c... (more)

What a cool place. Webster is located a little ways to the west of Sheldon. This is the location of where the Toledo Peoria & Western railroad crosses the former Milwaukee Road line towards Terre ... (more)

As dusk falls over the Illinois prairie, the Toledo, Peoria & Western's westbound local freight approaches the town of Sheldon behind an RS-11/SW1500 duo.

TPW 5015 departing Sheldon w/ their Westbound road freight.

KBS 702 leads a southbound KBS train through the heart of downtown Sheldon, Illinois. The heritage of the line is really showing as the 702 passes the NYC G Head and old code line. The small town ... (more)

Moving west to pick up a cut of cars at Stockland.

KB&S takes the curve at Sheldon to go southeast towards Lafayette. Hard to believe that the James Whitcomb Riley once went high speed through here.

6" of fresh powder, a freezing fog and sub zero temps overnight turned potions of northeast Illinois into a winter wonderland. Shortly after 8am, the Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern is seen ... (more)

Toledo, Peoria & Western Alco RS-11 400 exhales as it and an SW1500 mate slowly propel an eastbound freight across the flatlands at Sheldon, IL, at dusk on a summer evening. TP&W 400 has been pres... (more)

Shortly after crossing the TP&W, KBS 701 & 702 roll across the harvested fields and small wind farm outside Sheldon, IL on the Danville Branch.

KBSR 701 sits south of the elevator lead at Sheldon, waiting to shove back in to pick up 25 loads to take to Tate & Lyle in Lafayette, Indiana.

An eastbound Toledo, Peoria & Western road freight heads east through Sheldon shortly crossing the Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern.