NS 3455 & NS 911 leading D36 to Bloomington, IL past a pasture in Holder, IL that is containing two horses.

A pair of G&W painted EMD’s lead the TP&W freight train West along Route 24 through Central Illinois.

TPW 5015 & TPW 3442 heading past the Watseka depot by the UP diamond in town.

TPW 5015 & TPW 3442 leading a decent sized Peoria, IL bound freight train past the signal in Watseka on an awesome Fall afternoon.

NS 3455, an admiral cab SD40-2 leading the NS 911 SD60E on a D36 bound for NS Good Yard in Bloomington. They’re seen here just outside of the city of Bloomington.

KB&S pulling centerbeams that they had just picked from the CN in Kankakee across the Kankakee River. They are heading back towards their headquarters in Iroquois, IL.

CSXT 8830, a former Conrail SD40-2 leading CSX’s Q244 from Louisville, Kentucky North across the Kankakee River bridge on UP’s Villa Grove Subdivision.

BNSF 9720 & BNSF 624 leading a vehicle train to San Bernardino, CA through the Midwest on the Santa Fe. Couldn’t have asked for better light with this pre merger consist!

A trio of FXE SD70Aces leading a grain train from Eagle Pass, TX through Chillicothe, IL on the former Santa Fe. This was a solid trio of FXE Aces until they added the BNSF Gevo 4th out in Ft. Mad... (more)

A B40-8W that was built for Santa Fe in 1990 leads the BNSF Hodgkins to Galesburg, IL train West along the former Santa Fe.

UP’s IG4LB used to be a daily train here on the BNSF Transcon until they pulled it off in about 2016. As of late it’s been rerouting somewhat frequently back through Mazon in the later afternoon h... (more)

Before the BLOL headed North for the day with their grain train, they brought some ethanol cars to the plant in town, and dropped some cars off in the NS interchange.

The Bloomer Line bringing a grain train from CN North on their trackage towards various elevators on their line. This train would shortly stop in Sibley to drop off a cut of cars & BLOL 7504.

A trio of KCS grey SD40’s leading the KCS “Job 16” North towards Hattiesburg, MS where they will do interchange w/ CN before returning back South. This train originates in Gulfport. Catching three... (more)

An originally built IC GP9 pulls a grain train past the IC depot in Gibson City. They had just grabbed this unit train from the siding just South of town on the CN trackage.