No Dash-9's on this consist! A GP39-2 leads this intermodal train eastbound on the Transcon. B&W mode w/ orange filter.

The clouds part just long enough to get a sunlit view of NS 9607 leading its hotshot intermodal train westbound into the curve at Lockport.

The westbound Texas Eagle is framed by a tree as it screams through Lockport at about 80 mph.

The Villa Grove Sub was pretty much shut down today owing to widespread signal problems, leaving only an CW60AC idling on a siding to phoam over. The "X" is the "whistle" sign used on this sub.

UP 5222 emerges from the shadow of Mazon's grain elavator as it lugs a loaded vehicle train westbound on the BNSF Transcon.

A BNSF intermodal train crosses Coal City's main thoroughfare on a sunny January day.

At a location that's been on my "too shoot" list for quite a while, a Corwith-bound manifest flies by this remote rural location east of Mazon.

Usually, the Transcon is a place of speed, especially its intermodals. Unfortunately, today, a dark signal at MP 23.1 has forced BNSF 4859 to slow down as it crosses Sawmill Creek. B&W mode w/ ora... (more)

This is not a normal holding point for UP freights, but CSXT 7878's train has gone into emergency, causing it to stop just before this crossing outside Villa Grove. Red filter applied in post-proc... (more)

The bluffs of the Mississippi River Valley are decked out in fall colors, whose days are numbered with the cooler weather. Much as scenes like this are probably numbered with the CP takeover in 5 ... (more)

An H1 Dash-9 leads this intermodal through the small rural hamlet of Steward on it's way westbound toward the diamonds of Rochelle.

BNSF 5393 leads an intermodal past the rarely photographed old Coal City Depot, now used as a section house. This depot is an oddity on the Santa Fe, not being of their typical design.

A BNSF GEVO leads 3 Dash-9's elephant style westbound through a little known spot in Lockport.