Norfolk Southern Railway train 145, a hotshot that runs auto parts and auto frames between Detroit and Kansas City, departs Decatur, Illinois on Sunday evening, Jan. 28, 2007 west bound. Archer Da... (more)

After almost eight months out of service, Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

CNW 8602 east in July of 1996. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

A former Reading Railroad locomotive works on shoving seven corn loads down the siding at Reading, Michigan on Tuesday morning, August 10, 2010 as the Indiana Northeastern works on loading a 75 c... (more)

After almost eight months out of service, Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Union Pacific M BNAS, the Bloomington - Alton Southern manifest, splits the position light signals at Funks Grove, Illinois on Tuesday Jan. 23, 2007. Replacement signals are in place between B... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's West bound unit pipe train rolls down a grade in the LaMoine River valley on its return trip to Keokuk, Iowa, on Wednesday evening, August 26, 2015. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The CNIC's Peoria Local makes a rare early morning run south, after the previous days crew died on the hours of service. A BNSF unit has been borrowed off a coal train being unloaded in Decatur. T... (more)

A CNIC crew takes an empty BNSF coal train empty train North at Lincoln, Illinois, on Sunday morning Jan. 28, 2007. The coal runs from the Powder River Basin to a power plant in Decatur, Illinois ... (more)

Keokuk Junction Ralway's Keokuk turn, with the set of Funits safely in tow, trundles through Sciotta at a blistering 10mph. The Funit set are on the way to the LaHarpe enginehouse for a 92 day ins... (more)

Thanks to information from Doctor Christopher Guss, I was able to bag a heavy GALMAD on the Beardstown Sub at Hagener, Illinois. That is the correct spelling of the town in Cass County, apparently... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's set of FP9A's have been re-united with B unit 1761 after repainting and receiving a new main generator. LaHarpe, Illinois shop forces also spent several days working on ... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's Canton Cannonball works a 79 car train westbound as it nears Good Hope, Illinois and a meet with an eastbound out of Keokuk, Iowa. Steve Smedley photo

CNIC's Peoria Local digs three cars out of a set of grain empties while working on making the J 703 the trailing unit to Pekin this morning. Steve Smedley photo

Bloomer Line has leased a former NS, Conrail GP15-1 from Larry's Truck and Electric. The unit is shown on its first run, taking the siding in Colfax to run around a 18 car train after loading at t... (more)