Tri-Weekly train from South Yard Beloit to Davis Junction crosses the Kishwaukee River south of Rockford.

The engineer waits for his conductor before departing southward.

#914 southbound near the Shafton Quarries behind a pair of 4200's.

With a loud thud, ICE's L920 job, the Davis Turn, plows through a nice drift at a rural country crossing.

Dubuque yard switcher

The daily-except-Saturday local, the Davis Turn, thumps through Hampshire at a steady 30mph; returning to Davis Jct. after an early morning run to interchange with the EJ&E at Spaulding.

L-920 arrives back into Davis Jct after having run the 96 miles to Spaulding Jct and back. Got some NS running going on here!

IC&E's Davis Turn arrives back home. The crew begins switching out their inbound cars and prepares to take the westbound freight they picked up at Genoa further west.

IC&E's Davis Turn heads west through the northern Illinois countryside where the corn is ready to be harvested and most of the fall foliage is past peak.

IC&E's Davis Turn heads west past the east siding switch and block signal. The local crew will switch the train in Davis Jct and continue west with just the trailing SD40-2s and west traffic.

IC&E's Davis Turn ducks under CN's ex-CCP Iowa Division and crosses the Kishwaukee River with a dead westbound freight in tow. This used to be the double track mainline of the Milwaukee Road.

IC&E's Davis Turn is instructed to pick up the dead westbound freight tied down in the siding at Genoa and to take it "as far west as you can." As you can image, the crew was thrilled to hear thi... (more)

IC&E's Davis Turn heads west for Davis Jct after switching Spaulding with a pair of GP40-2s. This used to be a high-speed double track mainline featuring UP's City trains back in the Milwaukee Ro... (more)

ICE, KCS & BNSF locos by the fuel unloading rack

The Davis Turn makes its way eastbound between Pingree Grove and Elgin.