GJVSJI arriving Roodhouse as they make the approach to make the turn West towards KC.

KCS 4625 & KCS 4068 lead GJVSJI from the Jacksonville, Illinois grain loop across the Mississippi River as they begin their trek across the state of Missouri towards Kansas City.

The CP WWII commemorative SD70ACU making a surprise visit on the former Santa Fe Transcon with Q-NSABAR. Was super neat to see this locomotive for the first time and it be leading on the Chilli.

CP 6644 leading Q-NSABAR out of Chicago on the BNSF Transcon.

L-CHI105 headed West in the definition of golden light. Can’t go wrong here!

CN L553 headed back towards Otto from the quarry in Limestone off of the CN Herscher Branch in Central Illinois.

IC 1000 leading L553 back South to Gilman from Otto on the former Illinois Central mainline.

A CP SD70ACU visits the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision for the very first time in the lead featuring one of the hottest trains on the line.

Two GP10s lead a cut of CN cars South down the Bloomer mainline towards Gibson City.

An ATSF GP60 leading L-CHI105 West on it’s home rails of the Chillicothe Subdivision.

L-CHI105 cutting through the fields of Central Illinois on the Transcon.

A duo of N&W SD40s leading D36 South on the Bloomington District.

NS 3454 and another SD40-2 (6106) lead D36 South past the Wabash searchlights in Osman on the Bloomington District.

Nothing says “Illinois” more than cornfields, trains, and specifically the Illinois Central! IC 1000 is seen here leading a cut of stone cars South from Limestone, IL back towards the Herscher... (more)

Four Indiana Southern SD40s leading a hundred empties for the Bear Run Mine. Not many places you can see three or four SD40s with a hundred car coal train.