The 1513 starts it's 4 mile journey to Mt. Morris, at 10 MPH it will be an easy chase, the nose bell is a dead give away of it's C&NW heritage.
BNSF 4554 leads a foreign visitor on tour of the Rock River Valley
BNSF 7482 still has that new Locomotive smell as it makes it's first eastbound trip thru the Rock River Valley.
A pair of CN SD40's lead a unit potash train across the Rock River.
1019 climbs out of the Rock River Valley at just west of Oregon.
A fast-moving westbound stack train crosses the Rock River at Oregon.
A fast-moving westbound Schneider stack train thunders across the Rock River at Oregon.
a Pair of NS Dash 9's pull intermodal freight pass GM 9002 waiting in the hole at Oregon, Illinois.
Chicago to Portland priority shipping heads westbound through Oregon.
Illinois Railnet lettered B23's 6 and 7 idle away on this brisk February afternoon.
With very tight spots of sun in this 30' rock cut, the leader of this BNSF Z-train is brilliantly illuminated as its rolls west.
Railnet 7 switches cars out of the BNSF Oregon, IL yard
Illinois Railway's power returns to Oregon after a day of switching.
Belching black smoke into the sky IR 6&7 hustle to move a cut of cars off the Rock River Bridge and into the Mt. Morris Branch.
A westbound Z-train zipps across the Rock River bribge as the Sun calls it a day.
