Hitting the CN diamonds at Tolono, Norfolk Southern TripleCrown train #255 flys across the Lafayette District headed westbound towards Voltz Yard in Kansas City, MO. Today's train is led by a Cana... (more)

Just as there is a break in the clouds, Norfolk Southern's high-priority Harrisburg, PA to Kansas City, MO Intermodal train (NS 21T) accelerates westbound on the ex-Wabash Lafayette District. The ... (more)

NS 255 is led by a Canadian leader. The leader sports the "Dual Flag" scheme and it is one of my favorite schemes on the AC4400CWs.

Train's were certainly few and far between today on the Lafayette District and this was the only one I managed to get trackside and shoot. A long westbound manifest for Decatur, IL accelerates uph... (more)

Norfolk Southern #8123 leads the 145 through an old set of Wabash Searchlight signals west of Tolono.

Norfolk Southern's daily Decatur, IL to Bellevue, OH manifest storms through Tolono headed eastbound on the Lafayette District with a matching pair of Dash 9 widecabs up front.

Breaking the morning silence, Norfolk Southern's Kansas City, MO to Harrisburg, PA Intermodal train speeds eastbound through Tolono.

NS 1068 the "Erie" heritage is trailing.

A pair of GE's are in notch 8 as they slowly accelerate across the diamond at Tolono, IL. The train had stopped at the signals in the background to wait for a southbound Amtrak on the CN.

NS local is running around their cars at Dawn, the west end of Tolono. The conductor is out of position after making a rear end setout in town, so he waits while the engineer make a few moves on t... (more)

#956 approaches Martin east of Tolono on a glorious July morning. The four F9's fill the air with exhaust as they work hard to get the train back up to 60 MPH after crossing the IC in Tolono.

Making up time running south through Tolono after a long wait in Champaign.

CN 2271 leads a lengthy manifest through the small community of Tolono.