Riverport Railroad switcher heading back to the engine shop after pushing a cut of cars to the sho.

BNSF 784 leads a freight along Hwy 84 and the Mississippi River near Savanna, IL in December of 1997. This view is from the overlook in Palisades State Park.

A BNSF Z train makes it way westward between the Mississippi River and the Palisades just north of Savanna, IL. CN has trackage rights on this portion of the Aurora Sub.

BNSF SD70ACe 8564, pulls a manifest up river.

An empty BNSF iron ore train heads back to Minnesota for another load of taconite. Directly in front of us is the Mississippi, covered in snow and ice.

A couple CP 40s coupled to an eastbound DM&E manifest await a new crew.

Eastbound empty biz train heads through Plum River on it's way to Chicago.

BNSF 6372 West meets a stack train at the east end of Savanna, IL.

Sequentially numbered Milwaukee Road GP30s 1002 and 1003 sun themselves at Savanna, IL between runs on a snowless early January day in 1976. Unusual for their Alco trucks, the GP30s were in the ec... (more)

MILW FM H-16-44 434 looks to be in good shape at Savanna, IL in January 1976, but most likely never turned another wheel in revenue service as it was retired in February 1976. Milwaukee was a larg... (more)

Passenger scheme FP7 104A and a few freight Fs idle at Savanna, IL roundhouse between runs on a snowless January 1976 day. Nearly two years after being pulled from passenger service due to Amtrak,... (more)

MILW 763, and FM H10-44 switcher is still in service at Savanna, IL. The August 1945 built unit was retired in March 1981.

An eastbound oil train begins the climb out of the Mississippi River Valley to head east towards Chicago

CSX 5242 approaches Plumb River, ducking under the Wacker Road overpass.

Back in 1994 the Soo Line went on strike for little over 30 days. That completely shutdown the Soo Line property. So Amtrak had to find other line to operate their Empire Builder from St. Paul to ... (more)