NS 9670 leads an NS manifest through CP Unity on the siding track, on a beautiful Monday morning.

An NS pig iron train heads through rural Sidney, with an SD40-2 and two GP60s for power. Nice to see a solid consist of standard cab EMDs these days!

A CN SD75I and C44-9W head out of Champaign Yard, to pick up the cut of cars on the adjacent track.

Two CN Dash 9s pull their train up to the signals at the south side of CN's Champaign Terminal.

IC SD40-2R 6071, built from the first SD40 ever built (EMDX 434), sits at the Monticello Railway Museum with a GM&O caboose, next to a vintage wig-wag crossing signal.

Not taking part in any of the day's festivities was CN FPA-4 6789, which spent its day resting in the engine shed.

Freshly restored Wabash caboose 2824 sits with sister 2834, a freshly restored B&OCT four-wheel caboose, and an aging Wabash boxcar.

Wabash F7A-2 1189 backs its train into Nelson's Crossing.

Southern 2-8-0 401 pulls out from Stair Tower, putting out a lot of steam as it gets going.

Premier Co-Operative's Thomasboro switcher, still marked for former elevator operator FFGC, sits at their elevator in Thomasboro. Photo taken on Premier Co-Operative property with permission.

UP LSB50, with a GP40M-2 and GP60 for power, slows down as it passes the photographer and enters Glover siding.

An NS autoparts train bound for Detroit passes through the small town of Philo, as it crests the infamous hill here. It may only be a 1% grade, but it's the toughest you'll see on this line!

A blotchy, faded C44-9WL leads a recently repainted sister and a C40-8M on a northbound manifest through Tolono, and on to Champaign and points northward.

Two P42DCs lead the northbound 392 through the small town of Tolono on the way to Champaign, and eventually Chicago. These trains normally run with only one P42, so it was quite the surprise to se... (more)

A UP GP40-2 and HLCX GP38-2 team up with UP's Villa Grove local, the LSB50, as it heads south through the small town of Block.