The westbound Illinois Zephyr is about to blow through the quiet little town of Earlville.
Leap Day railfanning: UP's Troy Grove local has to wait for two BNSF coal trains to clear the diamond before the BNSF dispatcher allows it to proceed south.
The Troy Grove train pauses briefly to flag a crossing while one of many stopped coal trains on the Mendota Sub sits at the Control Point.
MILW 261 steams it up nicely returning to Chicago from Galesburg.
The Troy Grove local passes a drive-in.
An empty coal train heads west through Earlville and has just crossed the UP Troy Grove Branch.
LPJ04 has just crossed the BNSF Mendota Sub and continues south to Troy Grove.
A lone SD40-2 is in charge of a maintenance-of-way train full of track equipment for the steel gang. Note the ex-CBQ signal bridge in the distance to the left of the engine guarding the diamond f... (more)
MILW 261 slows to 50 MPH to cross the diamond at Earlville, IL.
