Eastbound CSX J780 local on the Indiana Sub is seen trundling along at around 5mph near Medora, IN.

Briefly after I got my drone back under control (it tried to fly away...), CN A408 speeds south through Pesotum behind a pair of consecutively numbered IC SD70 locomotives.

Billowing through the wood line along the Illinois River is Iowa Interstate's QJ #6988. This steam locomotive was built in China in 1985 and is still seen in service here in the US. This spot nor... (more)

These pair of ICs were a familiar occurrence many moons ago, giving this photo a stuck-in-time look. Not only is the photo stuck in time, this car seems to be stuck in the field. When I went by an... (more)

UP 1158, with its Cotton Belt logo showing proudly on the nose, sits paired with UP 1133 on the engine lead at Villa Grove.

IC 1024 is wrapping its way around a curve just northwest of Decatur with train L554. The entire afternoon was dedicated to chasing this train from Clinton to Decatur.

A northbound Illinois Central grain train has just departed from Champaign minutes before and is getting up to track speed here at Leverett. Leading the way is IC 6250, a unit usually stuck betwee... (more)

The first train of today was CN A408, led by IC 1017 and 1037 (CN paint). The other 2 of 4 total trains I saw today had IC leaders as well, making CN's Chicago/Champaign Subdivisions look like the... (more)

A 5-pack of locomotives are silhouetted against once another Illinois sunset. Train MASCH is seen near Villa Grove, where it'll take the siding and perform yard work.

Due to flooding in Nebraska and western states, quite a few intermodals were detoured up the UP Pana and Villa Grove Subdivisions today. Here at Villa Grove, UP 8541 heads another 3 GEs and an EMD... (more)

CN A497 rolls south at Hayes behind a nice set of four units. With the leader being an SD60, a rent-a-wreck in second, and a zebra-striped barn in fourth, this consist makes for a nice rainbow and... (more)

CREX 1503 leads an EMDX demonstrator SD70AH south on train Q196. Here at Tolono, the train is seen passing the old concrete base of the station that once stood here, as shown on the left of the ph... (more)

Due to getting a knuckle right in the middle of the OS, train MVGDUX sits just south of Villa Grove with a 3-pack of EMDs on the head end. This train was put together here in the Villa Grove Yard ... (more)

FURX 5551 pulls a solid sized train down the old NYC in Paris, IL to serve the mill and eventually some businesses on the south end of this line. Paris used to be a pretty big railroad town with t... (more)

UP LSB54 sits backed up behind a southbound grain train and a oil train that went into emergency in Villa Grove. Leading the Local 54 is a pair of EMD GP60s, UP 1133 and 1147.