Nearing the end of another winter's day, the last few rays of sunlight illuminate container train Q-CXOLAC1 07A as it climbs out of the Illinois River Valley and ducks under a pair of classic ATSF... (more)

A Union Pacific GE AC45CCTE shoves at the rear of this City of Industry, CA to Bedford Park, IL (CSXT) trackage rights Intermodal Z on BNSF's high-speed transcon route.

A generic BNSF intermodal hauls under the ATSF searchlights at CP Edelstein.

As the early winter sun heads quickly towards the horizon, BNSF's high-priority Morrisville, PA (NS) - Los Angeles, CA intermodal Z-train thunders through the small Illinois community of Edelstein... (more)

Crop harvesting season is upon us. A pair of CSXT YN3 Dash 8 widecabs, the leader being ex-Conrail, hustle a westbound empty "Earthworm" grain train across the BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision and und... (more)

Having just completed its 1.1% climb out of the Illinois River Valley, westbound doublestack train Q-NYCLAC (NS 21G) charges under the ATSF searchlights at Edelstein with a pair of Norfolk Souther... (more)

Under the command of three General Electric units, a westbound Willow Springs, IL to Alliance, TX hotshot intermodal Z ducks under a pair of ATSF searchlight signals as it rides off into the setti... (more)

BNSF 7509 leads two other GE's east under the Santa Fe signal bridge at Edelstein after running around the other eastbound in the distance.

A westbound container train from Logistics Park, IL works its way across the Chillicothe Subdivision headed into the late evening sun. The train has just crested the Edelstein Hill and is moving u... (more)

BNSF intermodal train Q-NYCLAC, otherwise called the "Nick Lack," charges westbound under a pair of ATSF searchlight signals at Edelstein along BNSF's Chillicothe Subdivision. This train... (more)

A farmer's crossing makes easy access to the crossover signals at Edelstein. Here we look west at sunset as traffic is fleeting westbound on main #1. The Santa Fe era signals are still standing ta... (more)

The Willow Springs, IL, to Phoenix, AZ, Z-train is about to get this hot shot back up to train speed after climbing the grade out of Chillicothe. Here the Z-train passes thru the crossovers at Ede... (more)

The Logistic Park, IL, to Seattle, WA, stack train lights the track ahead of them as they are about pass thru the crossovers at Edelstein. This is the busy BNSF Transcon Mainline and ex-Santa Fe t... (more)

Corwith Yard, IL to Stockton, CA stacks cruise westbound across BNSF's Chillicothe Subdivision in the golden late evening light. Quite the consist was on this train tonight and it included an NS E... (more)

A pair of CSXT General Electric widecabs drag a long westbound vehicle train out of the Illinois River valley and under a pair of still standing ATSF searchlight signal bridges. Foreign power has ... (more)