A new Siemens Charger leads a 3 hour late Carl Sandburg into Galesburg. One of the cars on 381 suffered an axle burnout out of Chicago, forcing the train to set it out at Downers Grove, thus causi... (more)

A new IDOT Charger leads a late Carl Sandburg west into Galesburg.

Amtrak's Phase III P40DC leads the westbound Carl Sandburg past the large BNSF Railway classification yard in Galesburg, as it heads to Quincy, Ill., on April 25, 2016.

Already several hours late out of Chicago, the westbound Carl Sandburg heads past West Eola, passing a local building its train with a pair of B40-8Ws which will eventually blast off towards Savan... (more)

Four for the price of one. From left to right, we have L CHI108 shoving into the yard with a pair of B40-8W's (Heritage 2 and a Warbonnet), Amtrak train #381 rolling under the CB&Q searchlights, a... (more)

The Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train hitches a ride behind train 381, the Carl Sandburg, as it arrives at Galesburg. The train is on display in Galesburg this weekend.

The westbound Carl Sandburg is only a few mintues from making its 9am station stop at Mendota. Here the train screams out of Earlville about 5 miles east of Mendota. The old signals and poles line... (more)

The Illini arriving.

A member of a BNSF production gang working on Main Track 1 waves us by as we head towards the TP&W interlocking on Main Track 2. These employees are replacing grade crossing planks. This view is... (more)