Something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime... the seemingly impossible happened as a dash 8 found itself on the long distance Texas Eagle. Thanks to PTC issues. A easy and fun chase took pla... (more)

Something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime... the seemingly impossible happened as a dash 8 found itself on the long distance Texas Eagle. Thanks to PTC issues. A easy and fun chase took pla... (more)

An empty grain train emerges from the trees into the small town of Waverly, IL with and empty grain train.

Having just crew changed, one of CNs Chicago bound intermodals flies through the small town of Thomasboro, IL.

Taking two whole days to make a trip half way across the width of Illinois, BNSF H BRCGAL (daily manifest from BRC in chicago to Galesburg) finally gets clearance into the receiving yard at Galesb... (more)

A trio of NS dash 9s lead an empty grain train bound for Gibson City on the Bloomington district. The train will stop at Bement, IL and run around their train.

Moments before turning south and entering the Chester subdivision, UP 7996 and its hot shot intermodal crawl through the town of East St. Louis with the St. Louis Gateway Arch seen in the backgrou... (more)

CSXT 1 and the rest of the business train cross the Thornapple river on the east side of Grand Rapids, MI. This train would ran from CSXT Barr Yard in Blue Island, IL to Toledo, OH where it would ... (more)

A quartet on BNSF locomotives leads a loaded grain train from Lafayette, IN through the small and quiet town of Curran IL. The train will go to Kansas City to be interchanged with the BNSF.

Quickly approaching the diamond with the NS Springfield-Hannibal district, the CEIGAL waste no time with nothing but greens ahead. This train was the only train on the line from Centralia all the ... (more)

Turning northwest into some nice afternoon light is the Centralia to Galesburg manifest with a couple of newly rebuilt CP SD70ACu's in tow.

Gone but not forgotten are the old Santa Fe searchlight signals. In an effort to document them, I took a long drive on no sleep to get a few shots before they would all fall. Here is an eastbound ... (more)

On a warm summer afternoon, BNSF 3950 makes its way northbound through McVey, IL with train H MADGAL1 12A in tow. The train originated in Madison, IL and is heading to Galesburg, IL. This location... (more)