Westbound Triple Crown train departs Decatur on an October Sunday evening.
High short hood SD40-2 heads down to the yard after switching Tate & Lyle.
Fourteen years after the merger with CN there are still some Illinois Central lettered locomotives to be found like these two in the CN Decatur yard. IC 6201 & 1027.
Illinois Central power pulls a mixed freight out of the yard and across the diamonds.
Power heads back to the NS Decatur yard after switching Tate & Lyle and dropping cars off at the CSX yard.
A very angry looking GTW geep and a lone IC SD40-3 sit idle in the CN Decatur yard.
Nickel Plate 765 smartly steps over the Sangamon River Bridge and out of a foggy Decatur, a former Wabash Shop Town, leading NS Train 099 on the NS Brooklyn District after an overnight layover on ... (more)
CSX GP40-2 6075 poses next to the former Wabash coaling tower east of Wabic as the unit awaits the next call to duty.
A westbound comes off the runner and into WABIC interlocking.
Wabash 1189 sits beneath the cloud of steam erupting from the ADM facility in Decatur, Illinois while loading passengers for Norfolk Southern's 2011 Santa Train.
A nice looking UP GEVO leads #181 out of Decatur toward St. Louis in sweet September evening light.
After getting stabbed by the CN, the Tripple Crown gets back underway at WABIC.
NKP 765 along with the Illinois Terminal and Wabash heritage units lead NS O99 west through Decatur on its final moves into the yard for the night
Nickel Plate Berkshire 765 passes the old Wabash coaling tower at Decatur as NS #099 crosses over from the Loop to Main 2 at Wabic.
NS #099 passes over Lake Decatur behind an awesome trio of Nickel Plate, Illinois Terminal, and Wabash locomotives. The train is headed west to St. Louis for a series of employee specials on Sept... (more)
