The beautiful summer sun begins to slowly set over Norfolk Southern's busy Lafayette District at a location west of Tolono, IL known as "Dawn." A classic Wabash searchlight signal still ... (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)

One of the many Intermodal Z-train's to use BNSF's Los Angeles, CA to Chicago, IL corridor everyday navigates through an on-going snowstorm near Chillicothe, IL. This eastbound train is led by a v... (more)

A pair of Iowa Interstate GP38-2's hustle local freight BUSW-08, north, up the Peoria Subdivision, former 2nd Subdivision, past the tiny town of Rome, Illinois. Several rumors have been going arou... (more)

An Alton & Southern "Odyssey Set", consisting of GP38-2 #2001 and a pair of SW1500's, bring ALS job 301, north, through Washington Park, IL and under the busy Interstate 64. This move is... (more)

A pair of ex-C&NW Dash 9's lead a northbound transfer move for Union Pacific's East Yard as they head up the Del Rio Subdivision with part of San Antonio's beautiful skyline looming in the backgro... (more)

Snaking its way out of Black Thunder Mine, southbound FPPX (Fayatte Power Project) coal loads enter back onto BNSF's Orin Subdivision at a location known as Reno Junction. The long train of "... (more)

With the threat of a thunderstorm looming in the distance, a southbound FPPX (Fayette Power Project) loaded coal drag snakes off the Reno Subdivison from Black Thunder Mine and back onto the Orin ... (more)

Riding rails once belonging to former pre-merger rival Santa Fe, the cascade green and white colors of fallen flag giant Burlington Northern in the form of "Whiteface" SD40-2 #1706 make an appeara... (more)

Perched high above tracks on the IL Route 40 bridge, southbound ethanol loads off the IAIS leisurely stroll past Peoria, IL's riverfront on a chilly March afternoon led by a pair of veteran Norfol... (more)

Frigid winter air measures in the single digits and the fallen snow that covers the wilderness floor nearly doubles and triples that number in inches. Distant chugs bounce off the rocky hills, ech... (more)

Running right on schedule, Amtrak's number 5 train, aka the westbound "California Zephyr," splits the signals at Buda, IL on BNSF's Mendota Subdivision as it heads toward Galesburg where its next ... (more)

Train built and air-test finally complete, Iowa Interstate's PESI 04 road freight takes the signal to depart off TZPR's West Lead yard track as it slow rolls at 10 mph across the Illinois River li... (more)

Taking the Houlihan's Curve, a killer lash-up of CEFX and KCS de Mexico power drags E-CGLBTM0, coal loads from Lansing, MI to Black Thunder Mine, WY, up and out of the Illinois River Valley. This ... (more)

A long and heavy southbound loaded Nebraska Public Power (NPPX) coal train claws its way uphill on main track three past a location called Coal Creek JCT near the town of Wright, WY. This train ha... (more)