SD40-2 3316 is silhouetted against a magnificent sunset as D31 speeds back east toward Springfield.
NS D31 departs Shops Yard, with newly rebuilt GP40-2 3101 running long hood forward.
NS #957 rounds the curve at Wyckles Road with the 2011 Illinois Division Santa Train. After 4 years of absolutely miserable winter weather, it was nice to catch this year's train in beautiful Win... (more)
NS D31 glides across the Illinois prairie west of Curran as the train returns to Springfield "engines light".
The UP local waits on the Dick Lead for two Illinois & Midland track inspectors to clear up before heading south to the I&M yard to make a pick up.
Amtrak #301 rolls south down the now infamous "Third Street Corridor". Some say that this rail line was created by Beelzebub while God was resting on the 7th day. None of these people, however,... (more)
NS 21T exits the CTC double track south of Decatur at BD Junction. 21T will meet #302 at Taylorville and 46R at Midway before re-entering single track CTC territory at Winston, south of Litchfie... (more)
With the transition to the low-sun season, this nice morning view at Iles Interlocker is now back in play. Here 33J heads west with all 4 motors running elephant-style. BNSF SD70ACe 9218 adds a ... (more)
UP's South Local waits for NS #398 on the Illinois & Midland mainline north of Shops while making a run to the "Midland".
A very late running #297 makes a rare daylight appearance at Island Grove, as the sun rises over the frozen tundra of Central Illinois.
BNSF 5809 East threads thru the grain elevators at Pisgah with another train of coal empties headed back to the Powder River Basin.
Penn Central heritage unit 1073 brings up the rear markers on a loaded crude oil train heading south to St. Louis on BNSF's Beardstown Subdivision.
NS #398 slowly pulls into the Pass at East Hannibal after crossing the Mississippi River to meet 33J. The tarp covered berm on the left is the Sny Levee, which protects tens of thousands of acres... (more)
NS #240 passes the former Wabash depot at Decatur as the train prepares to hit the CN diamond at Wabic.
UP operator Mike Myers is out on the veranda as Amtrak #300 passes Ridgely Tower on its early morning trek to Chicago.
