IORY 1500 and 1501 make there way to Iowa Junction on the Tazewell & Peoria at Darst Street in Peoria. This December we sure haven't seen the sun much here in Central Illinois.

A single SD40-2 leads a southbound grain train across the Maumee River south of Liberty Center on the former DT&I.

The harvest is over for most fields in this area. Now the process of hauling the grain to market begins.

With the second cut of grain cars in tow, the Delta South Local crew pulls across the CSX diamond before shoving into the east transfer at Hamler.

Morning sun glints off the pair of tunnel motors leading I&O's 400 train as it casts its reflection in the Metamora reservior.

I&O 9400 could be Cincinnati's best kept railroad secret. It's perhaps the best looking and 'pure' SP engine left, untouched minus frame stripes and a CEFX mark under the number.

Under perfect blue skies, I&O's 400 train crosses Turkeyfoot Creek south of Malinta.

The TP&W shows us a little motive power variety.

The Warsaw local passes Dalton Foundry as it returns from switching a customer in Winona Lake.

For no apparent reasons, we have a stop indication at the MAW diamond. While waiting for dispatcher permission to operate the push-button, I grabbed a shot of our train with the southbound home s... (more)

I&O's train 400, operating over trackage rights on the CSX Toledo Sub, passes a B&O CPL signal south of Leipsic. The air conditioning is on full blast on this hot afternoon.

An ex-SP SD45 leads 400 around the curve north of Leipsic.

Indiana & Ohio train 401 breaks the early morning silence at Quincy, obviously the first train thru since the snowfall the night before

You can clearly see the path of the derailed car(s) in this shot. The initial derailment happened about a half-mile before the train picked a switch.