Wabash 1189 and MLW FA2 6789 slowly pull the Monticello Railway Museum's passenger set around the Y from the IC to the NS connection at Monticello, during a Friday morning ferry move of the annual... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad's former Chicago & NorthWestern F7 423 poses for photos as it nears the Mackay Creek bridge east of Earl, Wisconsin. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction mechanic Nick Troutman is working within the stopped Peoria & Western Railway coal train , after four of the six locomotives failed to make the final pull of Glasford Hill. STEVE ... (more)

While nothing might run like a Deere, the Illinois Railway's Zearing Job makes a leisurly shove to the BNSF interchange at Zearing, Illinois with eleven cars for interchange. Lead GP35 3500 is the... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's set of FP9A units lift 30 cars out of the west end of UE siding before heading west into Cuba, Illinois, with 62 cars. Steve Smedley photo

Grand Trunk SD40's handle a long stack train through the Broadway crossing in Blue Island. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Illinois Central 6128 leads two former GM&O GP38's on a late running dog catched Peoria Local, at ''MI'', railroad telegraph station reporting marks for Mt. Pulaski, Illinois.

The CNIC Peoria Local is Northbound and passing between the grain elevators in the Central Illinois city of Green Valley, Illinois on Wednesday evening August 13, 2008. The 3140 is a one of a kin... (more)

Westbound and across the BNSF diamonds, the Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Recently returned from service after derailment repairs, Peoria & Western Railway's 1752 pilots the TZPR transfer as the train rolls over Kickapoo Creek. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Peoria & Western Railway's crew of engineer Dave Henry and conductor Josh Flatley take the Canton Cannonball westward as they roll through the Spoon River valley and down the Smithfield Hill, ... (more)

Illinois Terminal Belt Kids Wave A brother and sister wave to engineer Roger Respondek as South bound Illinois Terminal Belt corn loads roll along a 10.7 mile section of the Illinois Central Rail... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD70 2508 with train 145 is about to enter the intersection of Reservoir and 13th Streets on Springfield's North side on Friday Jan. 9, 2009. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70ACe leads an eastbound coal loads on the Peoria Subdivision at Knoxville, Illinois. The coal is running between Galesburg and Peoria, Illinois over this former C... (more)

Norfolk Southern's D 47D local, with former Conrail SD50 5415 and a sister, prepare to couple into a train of used cross ties at Dean siding on the south side of Bloomington, Illinois on Friday J... (more)