A NS GP60 approaches the diamonds where they will cross over the CN Chicago Subdivison while on their way to go serve industries along the line.

BLOL 7504 heading North in the morning light.

A BNSF Ace as DPU departing the Pekin coal plant and heading South on the Illinois & Midland. Two other coal trains wait to depart in the holding tracks.

EE 17 was built for the CP back in 1955 as a SW900. Today in 2020 it is still actively earning it’s keep on the Ellis & Eastern in South Dakota. The SW9 was found here working at Concrete Materi... (more)

Route 47 traffic and Bloomer Line traffic paralleling side by side in Central Illinois. I’ve done this shot probably 3-4x now and I’ve never had such car traffic while getting my shot. Althoug... (more)

A Burlington Northern painted GP50 leads 2 BNSF H3 Geeps on L-CHI102.

A GP40X leads the WB local down through Mazon IL on the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivison.

A pair of BLOL EMD’s work it up at the elevator in Charolette.

One of the few remaining GP38 high hoods on the NS roster is seen here leading train D49 from NS Good Yard in Bloomington, IL. This train will run West to East Peoria, IL where NS will run to the ... (more)

A manifest from warm & sunny Waycross, GA heading North through the cold and snowy countryside of Momence, IL. Q648 from Waycross had an unexpected leader with CSXT 8902 being at the front. Most o... (more)

Two GP10’s & a MP15AC work a loaded grain train for the Canadian National up the hill into the small 600 resident town of Wapella, IL on the former IC Charter Line. The Illinois Terminal Belt ow... (more)

The Bloomer Line GP9 leading a Southbound grain train for NS into the farm town of Charlotte, IL. This rail is pretty brutal as it is only 75lb rail. This train would have to be finished loading i... (more)

A WB train passes a tilt / semaphore signal for Eastbounds for the diamond w/ the Bloomer Line in town of Chatsworth.

A pair of KBS GP38-2s lead a cut of grain cars into Iroquois, Illinois.

KBSR 702 & 701 leading a 150 car storage move to the Canadian National in Kankakee, IL past a pile of cut down trees. CN would then meet with KB&S for the interchange and these cars went South for... (more)