On a crisp and cool October morning, Union Pacific's eastbound "Local 59" screams across the Meramec River along the scenic Jefferson City Sub behind a pair of former MoPac GP15-1's. This job had ... (more)

Empty coal train CCPGM-17 hustles southbound down UP's Villa Grove Subdivision near Sidney, IL. This train would be meeting a northbound at Block siding just south of here.

Beneath the Kansas City skyline, a deuce of ex-Burlington Northern EMDs crawl toward Olive St up the North Main with a lengthy T KCS1 10R on the drawbars. This is a transfer job that moves tonnage... (more)

Rolling under a classic CB&Q searchlight signal bridge, loaded crude oil train U-ELUCXY0 43T from the North Dakota oil fields strolls eastward through Rochelle on BNSF's Aurora Sub headed for the ... (more)

After making drop-offs at Global III, a long Container from the west coast departs Rochelle led by a pair SD70M's headed EB. Racing ahead of this train is Intermodal Z train ZLTG2-20 on main track... (more)

The famed "Blue Devil" unit makes an appearance on Canadian National's SB Fond Du Lac, WI to Memphis, TN Manifest. The train is seen here doing track speed through Tuscola on a hot and humid mid-J... (more)

Following closely behind a 34N 05, eastbound autorack/autoparts train M22 04 (Extra 122) works it way over a small hill just east of Philo, IL on Norfolk Southern's Lafayette District with a solo ... (more)

Signaling the end to another long summer day, the sun, diving towards the horizon, finds a small sliver of open skies allowing its golden glow to shine upon local L CHI1051 10A hustling 58 cars of... (more)

Westbound empty crude oil train U-CXPMNU0 68T off the CSXT in Chicago dashes past the control point at West Chana, still guarded by some CB&Q searchlights, on BNSF's Aurora Subdivision headed by a... (more)

The rising sun has just crested above the treetops soaking this wintery scene in a yellow glow as Northshore Mining's daily 0600 job with three of their 50+ year old ex-CN grey SD40s powering 80 l... (more)

Skirting the fall colored bluffs of the mighty Mississippi River, two Union Pacific SD70M's fly north up the Chester Subdivision and over the lonely Harris Rd grade crossing with a long Eagle Pass... (more)

The quaintness of a late summer's eve is temporarily interrupted by the unmistakable roar of EMD 645s as two six-axle BNSF deuces wearing paint from the company's original public image climb up a ... (more)

The hot summer sun beats down on the small town of Edelstein as a westbound baretable re-position move from Corwith Yard in Chicago hustles beneath the Santa Fe style searchlight signals that stil... (more)

Smokin' it up from an upgrade climb into town, a monster sized NS 145 04 manifest muscles through Tolono along the Norfolk Southern, ex Wabash, Lafayette District on a humid September afternoon. T... (more)

After dropping off 95% of its train at Global III, Union Pacific's Long Beach, CA to Global II Northlake container train heads east through Rochelle with only 11 cars. Taken on St. Patrick's Day 2... (more)