The Iowa Interstate excursion prepares to depart Chillicothe for the trip back to Henry.

Quite the interesting lash-up of NS and CP drag a long westbound intermodal train up Edelstein Hill and around the Houlihan's Curve on a beautiful fall evening. The NS 6796 was having some engine ... (more)

Kicking up the snow, a long westbound vehicle train from the Chicago area hustles across the Chillicothe Subdivision heading through its namesake town during an on-going winter snowstorm. The trai... (more)

Beginning its long climb out of the Illinois River Valley, westbound Gibson Yard (Hammond), IN to Mira Loma, CA autoracks navigate Houlihan's Curve on the wrong main behind a trio of shabby lookin... (more)

Running westbound on the wrong main, a high-priority Intermodal "Z9" train for Los Angeles, CA begins its climb out of the Illinois River Valley behind the typical four GE unit consist.

The first passenger train to run this line in 40 years makes a stop at Chillicothe for passengers awaiting a trip north to Henry

The Iowa Interstate excursion passes by the nicely restored Rock Island depot in Chillicothe.

A grouping of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific power leads a southbound train along the Iowa Interstate's Peoria Subdivision, seen here passing the nicely restored depot in downtown Chillicothe,... (more)

Heading around Houlihan's Curve just outside of Chillicothe, Corwith (Chicago), Illinois to Stockton, CA doublestacks start their westbound climb out of the Illinois River Valley with sort of a ne... (more)

Beginning its assault on Edelstein Hill, westbound intermodal F-KG4LB1 24Z rounds Houlihan's Curve on BNSF's Chillicothe Subdivision with a pretty new looking GEVO leading the way. This is a track... (more)

U MCIBIR. The sun begins to set on a pair of idle NS ES44AC's lead a parked westbound facing oil train on the West Chillicothe siding just off the main. To the back you can see the trailing end of... (more)

U MCIBIR. A pair of idle NS ES44AC's lead a parked westbound facing oil train on the West Chillicothe siding just off the main. On the side track next to it is a lone CSX unit on the back of a tac... (more)

A CEFX SD60 and KCS de Mexico AC4400CW lead the E-CGLBTM west around Houlihan's Curve just west of Chillicothe.

Taking the Houlihan's Curve, a killer lash-up of CEFX and KCS de Mexico power drags E-CGLBTM0, coal loads from Lansing, MI to Black Thunder Mine, WY, up and out of the Illinois River Valley. This ... (more)

Heading around Houlihan's Curve, Intermodal train F-KG4LB1 09Z begins it's westbound attack up Edelstein Hill and out of the Illinois River Valley. The train is lead by a trio of Union Pacific un... (more)