A fresh crew sprints 21T through rural Illinois at sunset.
Stack train crawls past the signals at Rock Springs after stopping for inbound traffic.
Yard power works the tracks near the historic Wabash Railroad Depot.
Mattoon bound local brings coal empties across the diamonds in Decatur.
Three Dash 9's run a stack train through rural Stonington on a warm April evening. NS 9696 & 9052 are the trailing units.
Spring planting starts soon as a southbound passes a corn field on a beautiful April evening.
Rarely seen in Central Illinois a Canadian Pacific led freight races across the diamonds in Decatur with an empty potash train.
Full coal load comes into Decatur the evening of Easter Sunday.
Auto parts train 145 runs through industrial Decatur in Central Illinois.
Trio of GP60's work the track near the old soda fountain plant. The other two units are NS 7122 & 7125.
Slow moving 255 brings an NS Triple Crown train west through Decatur. The second unit is NS 5441 an SD50.
CSX power holds for a signal on the NS main before heading back to the Decatur yard.
Two generations of pre & post merger Illinois Central paint jobs at the yard on Railroad Avenue.
Train 301 at the grain elevators south of Decatur.
Eastbound catches the signal and with a puff of smoke heads down to the NS yard.