One of the nicest outdoor railroad displays I've ever encountered is this exhibit in Mendota, Illinois. Burlington Route 4978 is in great condition, and appears ready to highball out of town. No... (more)

KCS 4704 and BNSF 4540 were sent out of Galesburg to rescue all the crews along the Mendota Sub. After spending all morning doing so their next assignment was to pull a stuck train out of a drift ... (more)

KCS 4704 and BNSF 4540 were sent out of Galesburg to rescue all the crews along the Mendota Sub. After spending all morning doing so their next assignment was to pull a stuck train out of a drift ... (more)

CB&Q meets CB&Q! CB&Q E5 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr west through Mendota, passing CB&Q 4978 on display at the Mendota Union Depot Museum.

Burlington Northern GP9 No. 1858 rests under a full moon at Mendota, Illinois, on August 24, 1991. This locomotive was built in 1955 as Northern Pacific No. 232.

A steam engine in a museum and one of the diesels that put it there running free on the main.

The sun has just risen on an inbound "earthworm" pulling through the balloon track at ADM between Mendota and Meriden. Pictured here are the DPU's.

A clean BNSF ACe disrupts the peace and quiet of morning in Mendota as the horn blares and reverberates off the buildings in town. At left is the CB&Q 4978, a 2-8-2 steamer that spends its days o... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief accelerates westward after a station stop in Mendota ducking under another endangered CB&Q signal bridge.

Detroit Edison empties head west past the location known as "the electrics" on the east side of Mendota.

NS power, with its distinctive chimes blowing for the crossings, leads a westbound through the curves at Mendota. The signal bridge will soon be replaced.

The Southwest Chief departs Mendota. Deadheading behind the three P42s is a rare visitor to the Midwest: Amtrak's super-dome, Ocean View.AMTK 170

As the sun begins to sink in the western sky, its rays are scattered by a batch of passing clouds as a BNSF coal train rumbles east towards Chicago.

The Illinois Zephyr passes the eastward home signal at Mendota, site of the former tower and crossing with the IC/MILW. This signal bridge is on the endangered list.

Union Pacific's Tucson, AZ, to Canal Street (Chicago), IL, Z-train leaves Mendota behind as they speed back up to track speed. The train is passing thru Electrics on the east end of Mendota at MP ... (more)