Stack train on the former Wabash mainline passes long abandoned code line poles.

Evening grain train arrives in Decatur and heads to the yard at sunset.

Stack train cruising through rural Illinois on the way west to Decatur.

Work goes on into the evening with temperatures hitting the 90's.

Rare view inside the BNSF Hump Tower at Galesburg. The Hump Yard Master views trains through tinted windows and carefully monitors traffic on a bank of computers.

Self-propelled Herzog multi-purpose MoW vehicle. Top speed of 50mph. Currently doing work for BNSF.

Coming around the curve and advancing toward the local Amtrak station this consist contains several cars carrying beer for a major St. Louis brewery.

Evening iron ore train out of Minnesota rolls through the Galesburg Amtrak station.

Assorted power lined up for service & assignment at the BNSF Galesburg yard.

BNSF power backs up into the diesel shop at the Galesburg yard.

Fallen flag IC & GTW power line up for service at the CN engine facility. The units are IC 3129, 9561 & GTW 4903.

GTW power hurries through the yard during a busy night of switching.

Intermodal cruises through downtown Cerro Gordo. It will pause in Decatur before heading on to Missouri.

Union Pacific yellow takes an evening run to St. Louis through rural Illinois on the point of NS 181.

Old GTW power working the CN yard. Both units began with different railroads. GTW 4905 is ex MP 893 and GTW 5851 is ex RI 4369.