12/26/75 EB at Mendota, IL. Terry Norton Photo. Mendota had a large Union IC & CB & Q. Current station is remnant of original. Mendota tower can be seen in background. As the line curves to the ri... (more)
Debut of the (finally!) operational #819 leading a day-long North Pole Express run to Watertown. Subsequent NPE's turned back to Nashville before they reached this spot.
The Happy Holiday Railway heads west in the last minutes of sunlight with BN-3 as it smokes it up past a pair of CPL’s on the Illinois Railway Museum Mainline.