A rare DWP SD40 throttles up as it pulls out of the siding at Scales Mound after meeting 338.
A trio of GTW GP38-2s shuffles cars in Gilman.
This high hood posed nicely in the sun as the conductor detrained to protect a reverse shove move into the CSX yard.
An eastbound manifest led by an SD40 with a nose job cruises through the crossovers in Toluca.
A southbound CSX freight splits the semaphores in downtown Crawfordsville. It takes a bit of luck to catch trains in daylight on this line.
ICE's Mason City - Kansas City manifest slows down to 10 mph as it enters the street running segment through downtown Bellevue.
An eastbound NS manifest led by a dash 9 (not a wide cab!!) crosses the Illinois-Indiana border on the old Nickel Plate main.
A BN SD60M rolls west on the Chilli Sub with an auto rack train, a nice break from the usual parade of dash 9s.
THe southbound Texas Eagle passes the semaphores at Brighton Park.
Southern serves the South, and the south side of Chicago.
A westbound NS coal train approaches the CN diamond at Wayne Junction.
A hot BNSF intermodal train passes an old Santa Fe signal as it descends into the Illinois River valley.
A UP freight heads south across the Kankakee River on the ex-C&EI main.
A loaded coal train out of Crown Mine in Farmersville powered by a pair of IC SD70s sits crewless in Mt. Pulaski.
A UP SD70M leads an intermodal train north toward Chicago as it crosses the Kankakee River. As usual, the cool power was trailing.
