After dropping off a string of grain cars to a local industry north of town, the CN R930 job returns back south to Effingham yard as light power. One of the engines working the yard job today is a... (more)
A pair of Union Pacific units charge south down CN's Champaign Subdivision headed for UP trackage at Kimmundy, IL. Currently on the CN, this train is running under the symbol M399 but once hitting... (more)
CN GP40-2LW 9567 leads a nice CN GP9RM and a northbound ballast train through Effingham.
A freight heads north out of Effingham with an Illinois Central SD70 on the point.
Amtrak's daily Carbondale, IL to Chicago, IL "Saluki" Passenger train speeds through CP I153 Tuscola on its northbound run to its next stop at Champaign.
After holding at a red signal south of the diamond, an extra section of Manifest CN M398 throttles up for its journey north lead by a pair UP SD70M's and a couple Canadian National units.
Lead by an ex Oakway SD60, Canadian National's L551 Local rockets northbound out of Tuscola with five locomotives and 300+ axles of train for Champaign.
On a mild morning of May 24, 2013, CN A431 bound for Decatur approaches the Canadian National/CSX diamond at Effingham after working the yard with an IC SD70 on the point.
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)
