With freight train congestion ahead, a slick move by the BNSF dispatcher, at least for the passengers of Amtrak’s train 5, crossed the westbound California Zephyr over to the south track or Main... (more)

Paralleling an empty Knox Highway 40, a long Canadian National led M-GALCNI1 25A manifest train puts the peddle to the metal as it accelerates eastbound out of Galesburg on BNSF's Mendota Subdivis... (more)

Chicago Burlington and Quincy's famed "Nebraska Zephyr" passenger train makes a VERY SPECIAL appearance on the BNSF. This train was brought out of the Illinois Railway Museum for a weekend of excu... (more)

The westbound Illinois Zephyr slow down at Wataga to cross over to Main #2 to get around a couple westbound waiting at Galesburg on main #1. The Carl Sandburg and the Illinois Zephyr make the 258 ... (more)

BNSF SD70MAC 8937 sits crewless, in Wataga.

The baby Zephyr races through the crossovers at Wataga just out of Galesburg.

Eight brand-new ACEs, plus a GEVO, lead coal empties westward through Wataga on their maiden voyage to the PRB.

State Route 34 near Wataga provides plenty of opportunities for pacing shots. Here, 9313 is seen from my driver's seat running along at about 50 mph.

Four new GEVOs pass under an ex-CB&Q signal bridge westbound north of Wataga with coal empties.