An ICRI train with a pair of GEs leaves Walcott in it's wake while heading east for Rock Island.

IAIS #513 approaches the Government Bridge across the Mississippi River, leading the East train into the yard at Rock Island, Illinois.

A bright Memorial Day morning finds the northbound crew on BNSF's Galesburg-Clinton job approaching the south end of the siding at LeClaire. They'll take the siding and meet their counterpart CLIG... (more)

Just before the sun ducks under the trees, a #337 train approaches the spans at Catfish creek in Rockdale.

Cotton Belt power runs through on the former Wabash as SSW 9651 East hammers through Jacksonville, Illinois with an NS manifest.

A westbound stacker rolls off the Mississippi River draw span. UP has a long term plan to replace this crossing with a new "fly-over" bridge with long approaches. A new crew change office will so... (more)

A Union Pacific westbound stack train on BNSF at West Ethyl.

Idling away on a warm summer night, ICE 614 pulling West Dav switcher duties stands down for an inbound "MSPKC" train.

Diesels huddle around ICE's Nahant Roundhouse on Christmas Eve at Davenport, Iowa.

An eastbound manifest passes the elevator at Brunswick.

The "NSI" local works the east end of Barstow Yard before continuing west, with BNSF 871 up front in fading warbonnet paint.

It's all NS at Toluca, Illinois on the former ATSF transcon. Here we view a BNSF westbound stack train passing NS' Kansas City train just out of the connection at Streator.

An eastbound grain move waits for a new crew to take the train into Galesburg Yard.

An eastbound manifest, likely a Lincoln-Galesburg train, rolls on just outside of Lockridge.

IAIS #513 rolls near Adams Street with a detouring "BICB" train headed for BNSF's Peoria Sub. The train will use the route to get to Galesburg, then ride the Barstow Sub home to Colona, IL.