A WB NS freight trains goes through the town of Momence over the UP Villa Grove Sub on a very nice spring day.
A K3 horn in the distance told of an approaching UP train heading towards the yards in Chicago. I snapped this as the train crossed one of two bridges over the Kankakee River as the tracks cross o... (more)
Challenger #3985 pulls an NRHS Convention special southbound on the former C&EI.
Four NS standard cabs lead 31K through Momence. The depot stands in the background.
A pair of Belles are southbound on the Villa Grove flying over the Kankakee in Momence.
A pair of Southern Belles strayed off of home rails to lead UP's Mexico City - Yard Center Z train into Chicago.
BNSF 3038 west cruises through Momence and past the restored NYC depot at track speed. It was thought for a time that NS had a slow order over the UP diamonds in town, but clearly that has been ab... (more)
The remnants of MEC 375 on the ground after the wreck at the diamond (UP - NS) in Momence, Illinois on November 24th, 2005. This was a trailing unit on the NS eastbound that was drilled by a UP so... (more)
Traffic on the Villa Grove was much less than I expected today, the day after the holiday shutdown. Here, a southbound merchandise train, heavy with autoracks, crosses the Kankakee River at Momen... (more)
A long southbound merchandise train crosses the Kankakee River on a mild late December afternoon.
Leased power is on point of this southbound CSXT merchandise train, crossing the Kankakee River at Momence, about an hour out of Chicago. The double-track UP Villa Grove Sub is a joint UP-CSXT li... (more)
A southbound UP Z train with a pair of leasers trailing crosses the Kankakee River in Momence.
A northbound CSX freight rumbles across the Kankakee River as it heads toward Chicago on the joint UP mainline.
A northbound auto train crosses the river on it's way into town.
