The Northern Transcon for the BNSF usually sees 3 westbound Z-trains during the afternoon into the evening. Normally its the St, Paul, South Seattle, and Portland Z-trains that run about 2 hours a... (more)

A pair of GEs take an autorack train around the bend out of Savanna, and along the Great Mississippi River. Not many places in Illinois with as great of scenery as Savanna.

GM F9A 462 with test train is at Milwaukee Road Savanna Engine terminal.

New Milwaukee Road 171 with EMD test car ET 800 at Savanna Engine Terminal. GM F9A 462 is on far end.

Here's another shot of CB&Q 4-8-4 #5632 on that excursion. The train is being wye-ed for a return to Chicago. Sadly, the 5632 was scrapped in 1969. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Thanks to everyone for there help identifying the location of the meet between 4-8-4 #5623 and the CB&Q freight. I do believe the location is Savanna, and also found this picture that I believe w... (more)

A Soo Line freight with intermodal traffic approaches the BN crossing as it heads through Savanna, IL and will cross the Mississippi River and enter Iowa. The Kansas City bound train is powered by... (more)

Norfolk Southern no. 3556 made a return appearance later on the same day it went west with a detour freight. Here it is running long hood first with an eastbound detour freight on Soo Line trackag... (more)

Seeing an EMD CSXT motor leading trains isn't too common around the Midwest. Here a SD70Mac leads this potash train on the BNSF Aurora Sub. The train is passing thru Savanna enroute towards Grebne... (more)

MILW H16-44 nos. 424 and 434 relax in the weeds near the roundhouse at Savanna, IL in January 1976. Their duties are over and they await the scrapper's torch on this snowless winter day.

Milwaukee Road GP9 283 is at Savanna, IL in January 1976 sharing space with a former passenger FP7A among others. These Geeps helped Milwaukee Road upgrade their mainline diesel fleet when purchas... (more)

Milwaukee Road GP9s 288 and 228 are parked at Savanna, IL in January 1976. This was a transition period away from the use of FM H-16-44s, so presumably the Geeps would become more common here.

Milwaukee Road GP40s 2024 and 2060 and three others are parked at Savanna, IL between runs on a snowless January day in 1976. These two units still appear to have active dynamic brakes. The unit t... (more)

MILW FM H10-44 switcher sits at the Savanna, IL roundhouse in the company of EMD SW1 no. 875, and rebuilt "GP20" no. 957 along with an F unit a a cool, but snowless January morning in 1... (more)

Making strange bed fellows, a pair of Alco AAR truck equipped GP30s line up with a pair of FM H-16-44s, spliced by an F7B. Although the two FMs were recently repainted, it appears they are retired... (more)