It's a warm and very humid morning in Central Illinois on this Memorial Day. After leaving the house early to drive south towards Mattoon, I came across the train just south of Mattoon and had to ... (more)

What is a small town in Illinois without a railroad, grain elevator(s), and a Casey's General Store? Here in Atwood, Watco's Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad rolls through town with train 101 b... (more)

The NKP signal that guarded the diamond between the NKP and PC stands tall at Oakland as the ILSX 180 pulls a grain train south to clear the switch so the HLCX 3834 can hook up to the north end of... (more)

NS 1068 the "Erie" heritage is trailing.

UP 4122 highballs Villa Grove on the southbound ZYCSA as a Christmas Eve snowstorm lets loose over the Central Illinois area.

"Perfect Timing" Just as the sun pops out, UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage, unit rolls into Villa Grove with the MPRAS past an old, unused Chicago and Eastern Illinois/Missouri... (more)

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

WAMX 4234, the DREI's only 6-axle and a unit that rarely ever leaves Decatur Yard, leads westbound 101 over the diamond through Tuscola, IL. Due to engine issues with a few other units, expect to ... (more)

At the north end of Block Siding, 1 of 3 remaining SP-painted GP60s is on the point of UP's LSB54 local. This job runs north twice a week, usually Tuesday and Friday. After going on duty at 5 AM, ... (more)

IC 2461 exits the siding south of Tuscola, IL after meeting a northbound.

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.

Thanks to Camargo Township snowplows, there was a big snowbank placed right over the rails of the DREI mainline in Patterson Springs. Due to no trains all night or morning, today's 101 blasts thro... (more)

After taking two hoppers to Metcalf, the ILSX 180 grabbed HLCX 3834 and FURX 5514, the newest addition to the Charleston Sub. After some power shuffling and waiting for the 101 to pass, the FURX 5... (more)

CN M396 passes the old grain elevator in Hayes, IL with a nice looking SD70M-2 on the point.