A couple of BNSF evolution series GE's race a Logistics Park, IL to Long Beach, CA container train westbound through Chillicothe on a gorgeous October afternoon.

Led by a lone NS Dash 9 widecab, a long eastbound Vehicle train for Chicago crawls through West Chillicothe in the middle of a busy morning on the BNSF Transcon.

NS SD70M leads the days Galesburg, IL to Conway, PA High Priority Manifest through Chillicothe, IL on the nice April day.

On a bright August afternoon, an eastbound Manifest for the CN at Joliet heads through Chillicothe powered by a pair of BNSF dash 9's.

Hottest of the hot
At 4:30 p.m. on August 24, 1991, Santa Fe’s 199 train is just moments out of Chillicothe, and getting up to a good speed for the jaunt around Houlihan’s Curve and... (more)

Comparing railroad heralds, old and new.......

BNSF 7901 weaves through the "S" curve at the West Chillicothe crossovers where Santa Fe searchlights still guard the Transcon.

Santa Fe SD40-2 No. 5088 leads the 148 train up Edelstein Hill at Houlihan’s Curve west of Chillicothe, Illinois, at 5:10 p.m. on August 20, 1988.

The "Blue Bell" heads west thru Chilli.

Alliance Z speeds thru Chilli.

Railfans look on as BNSF 5343 leads another stack train west around Houlihan's Curve on a beautiful late-October day.

Santa Fe 553 at speed
In a pan photo taken at 4:31 p.m. on June 20, 1992, Santa Fe’s 791 train speeds through Houlihan’s Curve west of Chillicothe, Illinois.

Santa Fe’s hot 199 train roars through Houlihan’s Curve west of Chillicothe, Illinois, on June 20, 1992. Trailing the lead GE Dash 8-40BW in the all-Super Fleet consist is an A-B-A set of EMD ... (more)

A Santa Fe local freight highballs Chillicothe, Illinois, on May 18, 1985. Freshly-painted General Electric U23B 6337 leads up the motive power.

Hazy, hot and humid and Santa Fe's doing as only Uncle John could, out on the praire.