Stack train 20T cruises into Decatur passing an outbound mixed freight.
Union Pacific yellow takes an evening run to St. Louis through rural Illinois on the point of NS 181.
Motors in the Decatur yard lined up for a later trip to Indianapolis.
Rarely seen outside of the Norfolk Southern yard NS 2419 & 2418 work near the Archer Daniels Midland plant on Faries Parkway.
Auto parts train 145 runs through industrial Decatur in Central Illinois.
Passing through Illinois farm country short haul Decatur Junction moves grain cars down former Illinois Central tracks.
The last rays of sun, before a morning rain, fall on a partially assembled mixed freight Q594 near the entrance of the CSX Decatur yard.
A pair of GP60's sprint back to the NS Decatur yard. NS 7123 & 7128.
W01 runs past the parking lot of the Wabash Depot where a nice 1990 Corvette is parked.
IC brings coal empties by the depot. In a moment another set of engines will take this train north toward Peoria.
Parts & Power. DT 1608 & PREX 3054 get the weekend off at the yard in Assumption.
Southern 401 returns to the rails under its own power for the first time in fifty years. The 2-8-0 steam engine was restored over a 15 year period.
BC Rail units have been popping up recently in Illinois. This one catches the last rays of sun as a storm system moves in.
Friday evening Metra train on the UP Harvard sub.
Repositioning cars at the diamonds for a track change in the yard.
