The joint KCS/CSX Schneider train heads east, having just departed Rose Lake Yard.
Plenty of photo props abound at the east end of West Alton Siding, which is actually the west end. Confused?
The chase continues as the CSX Business train glides past an overgrown siding and grain elevator spur as it passes through Xenia, IL (Don't blink, or you'll miss this town).
Ore empties hit the diamond at Ramshaw as they return from Two Harbors. This is the first snow of the season in Missabe country.
It's appropriate that this train has wings on the front of it, cause this baby was fly'n through here!
The CSX Business train passes another overgrown service track and the passing siding in the small rural town of Noble, IL.
Crossing over to the lefthand main as they travel through the Mississippi River Bottoms.
The NS F units lead the OCS eastbound across the Illinois River lift bridge.
The C&NW and MoPac Heritage Units lead the MASBN up the Alton & Southern mainline, headed towards Bloomington, IL.
Resting for the next leg of her journey to Chicago. That's I 64 up above.
We caught this westbound fast mover in the gorgeous afternoon light. Oregon is a hidden gem for railroad photography, still having a lot of the old time character that hasn't been modernized yet.... (more)
Heading east, past the old B&O station in Carlyle, IL.
The U.P. E9s are leaving St. Louis, heading up the approach for the Macarthur Bridge to cross the mighty Mississippi.
Rolling past the beautiful fields and bluffs of the Mississippi River bottoms.
A Conrail motor leads one of the special scheme W.C. units Westward, just minutes away from passing the famed Red Board Hobbies in Belleville.
