Following a crew change in Galesburg, the Northtown Yard (Minneapolis) to Argentine Yard (Kansas City, Kan.) freight soars above the Ottumwa Subdivision at Cameron on June 12, 2016. In trail is BN... (more)

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus Train off the Norfolk Southern at Streator, Ill., (NS 047 31 originating at Hershey, Pa.) bound for Lincoln, Neb., stretches across a fres... (more)

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus Train off the Norfolk Southern at Streator, Ill., (NS 047 31 originating out of Hershey, Pa.) bound for Lincoln, Neb., rounds a curve west... (more)

A "Heritage I" BNSF GP38-2 leads a Galesburg yard-bound freight from the Tazewell and Peoria Railroad as it passes nearby locomotives that are in for servicing on April 26, 2016.

Amtrak's Phase III P40DC leads the westbound Carl Sandburg past the large BNSF Railway classification yard in Galesburg, as it heads to Quincy, Ill., on April 25, 2016.

A westbound vehicle train from Blue Island, Ill., to Argentine Yard in Kansas City, Kan., approaches the control point of "Yost" in the village of East Galesburg on November 30, 2015. Luckily an e... (more)

A brand new BNSF ES44C4 leads an empty container train out of Denver east into Cameron on February 22, 2016. The Corwith Yard bound train is running on former Burlington Northern territory for now... (more)

A "Burlington Northern" trio (A-B-A set) headlines a string of power at the BNSF Galesburg Yard's engine pit on February 1, 2016. The A-B-A sets are normally used to work the "hump" just south of ... (more)

Power on an eventual M GALBRC1 04A waits for its crew on a cold, but sunny afternoon at the north end of BNSF's Galesburg yard on January 4, 2016. In tow are a couple Iowa Pacific E-units heading ... (more)

CSX and Norfolk Southern take point on an intermodal train off the former (originating at North Baltimore, Ohio) destined to Hobart Yard in Los Angeles under a classic Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ... (more)

A pale-looking Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Warbonnet leads a Houston to Chicago (Corwith Yard) intermodal train over the Spoon River in Dahinda on December 19, 2015. Dahinda sits at MP 163 on the ... (more)

A Houston to Chicago (Corwith Yard) intermodal train throttles up into Monica led by a pale-looking Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Warbonnet on December 19, 2015. Monica sits at MP 148 on the BNSF Ch... (more)

Two Norfolk Southern trains make a meet at "Midway" siding on the railroad's Brooklyn District, as part of the Illinois Division, on August 27, 2015. The NS 2696 is holding the main with northboun... (more)

Fronted by an ex-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Yellowbonnet, a line of power waits to be broken up, including the NS 1073 (Norfolk Southern's Penn Central heritage unit) which came into the yard on ... (more)

When one stops by the BNSF Railway Galesburg Yard's "engine pit," it's always a treat, and today is no exception. Although for the most part there are BNSF and ex-Burlington Northern locomotives s... (more)