Passing a lone tree and country road, BLOL 7504 and friends are pulling on their empty grain train for points north.

Approaching Sibley, BLOL 7504 eases down to a crawl. Here at the elevator, the lead unit will be pulled off and used to load cars at the elevator. They are in the process of splitting this empty C... (more)

An ex-IC GP10 rebuild pulls an empty grain train north on former IC rails to shove back onto the NS and onto the Bloomer Line's rails. The train will be broken up into parts and delivered to eleva... (more)

Seen from above, a southbound KBSR train clicks over the Sugar Creek Bridge and is just about halfway to its destination of Danville. It will return to its shops north of Iroquois a few hours late... (more)

Sharing a nickname with Villa Grove’s “Blue Devil” mascot, a CN “Blue Devil” C40-8W leads northbound train X335 past Hayes elevator. The sea of purple flowers in the field is a nice photo prop and... (more)

We weren't quite sure where CSX J780 was, but we knew they started at Mitchell, thanks to info from a friend. A quick (not really) jaunt over to Tunnelton from near Cincinnati landed this cool tun... (more)

Eastbound CSX J780 local on the Indiana Sub is seen trundling along at around 5mph near Medora, IN.

Briefly after I got my drone back under control (it tried to fly away...), CN A408 speeds south through Pesotum behind a pair of consecutively numbered IC SD70 locomotives.

Billowing through the wood line along the Illinois River is Iowa Interstate's QJ #6988. This steam locomotive was built in China in 1985 and is still seen in service here in the US. This spot nor... (more)

These pair of ICs were a familiar occurrence many moons ago, giving this photo a stuck-in-time look. Not only is the photo stuck in time, this car seems to be stuck in the field. When I went by an... (more)

UP 1158, with its Cotton Belt logo showing proudly on the nose, sits paired with UP 1133 on the engine lead at Villa Grove.

IC 1024 is wrapping its way around a curve just northwest of Decatur with train L554. The entire afternoon was dedicated to chasing this train from Clinton to Decatur.

A northbound Illinois Central grain train has just departed from Champaign minutes before and is getting up to track speed here at Leverett. Leading the way is IC 6250, a unit usually stuck betwee... (more)

The first train of today was CN A408, led by IC 1017 and 1037 (CN paint). The other 2 of 4 total trains I saw today had IC leaders as well, making CN's Chicago/Champaign Subdivisions look like the... (more)

A 5-pack of locomotives are silhouetted against once another Illinois sunset. Train MASCH is seen near Villa Grove, where it'll take the siding and perform yard work.