BNSF and NS units lead stacks eastbound through the small village of Ransom, IL on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub passing a rather large grain facility, seen from the Route 170 overpass.
BNSF 7129 leads a Z-train west under the grain elevator complex in Ransom.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief makes good time near Ransom, IL on a late sunny June afternoon behind new General Electric P32BWH locomotives. The "Pepsi can" scheme certainly made shooting Amt... (more)
KCS 4782 looks right at home leading a auto train west past the grain elevators in Ransom.
This local passes a land with a lot of wind mills.
Amtrak’s westbound “Southwest Chief” cruises through the curve at Ransom, Illinois, on the afternoon of June 9, 1990.
BNSF 6904 barrels west through Ransom with a LPC originated stack train.
L CHI102 slowly rolls west out of Ransom. A hot Z train is a few miles back, playing catch up and would run around the local at Ancona.
Santa Fe’s ultra-hot westbound intermodal, the 199 train, cruises through the curve at Ransom, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 2, 1992. This train carried premium-priced traffic from Chicago t... (more)
At 2:03 p.m., a Santa Fe westbound intermodal train is about to pass through Ransom, illinois, on a sunny May 10, 1986. Trailing lead SD40-2 No. 5136 are two SD45s, one of them in “SPSF merger... (more)
BNSF 4081, 1090 and 7911 highball Ransom, headed west with a stack train.
The grain facility provides the backdrop as UP stacks race east through Ransom, nearing Route 170.
An H2 B40-8W, a Warbonnet B40-8W and a Cascade green GP39E lead the 102 local through Ransom, preparing to make a pickup in town.
A westbound stack train rounds the curve at Ransom, preparing for the sprint into town.
This westbound stack train is slowly rolling through Ransom, headed for a meet with an eastbound at Kernan, a few miles away.
