A nice looking UP GEVO leads #181 out of Decatur toward St. Louis in sweet September evening light.

NKP 765 passes the FS Elevator on the north end of Litchfield as the #099 Special heads south to St. Louis on Norfolk Southern's Brooklyn District. The IT SD70ACe looks like it could use a bath a... (more)

Nickel Plate Berkshire 765 passes the old Wabash coaling tower at Decatur as NS #099 crosses over from the Loop to Main 2 at Wabic.

NS #099 passes over Lake Decatur behind an awesome trio of Nickel Plate, Illinois Terminal, and Wabash locomotives. The train is headed west to St. Louis for a series of employee specials on Sept... (more)

Quittin' Time: D33's conductor walks back to the yard office as the engineer backs the power and caboose into the yard. D33 has just returned to Bluffs after working the Meredosia Branch, ... (more)

#278 makes a rare daylight appearance in Springfield as it passes thru the interlocker at Hazel Dell.

Former GP59 demonstrator EMD 9 leads eastbound train #384 at East Hannibal in October 1996. The train was in the Pass waiting on tri-weekly westbound stack train #279.

After getting stranded for 2 days in Bellevue, OH due to storm damage in northwest Ohio, NS #955 is finally rolling west toward Kansas City on Wabash rails. Here the train whips around the big cu... (more)

NS' entire fleet of RCP4 Remote Control Platforms rest over the 4th of July holiday at the former Wabash shop complex in Decatur.

#956 approaches Martin east of Tolono on a glorious July morning. The four F9's fill the air with exhaust as they work hard to get the train back up to 60 MPH after crossing the IC in Tolono.

NS #255 passes the classic old grain elevator at Orleans with a rare Phase I SD70M on the point.

Agrail GP7 #35 poses for a quick picture as it loads a string Union Pacific covered hoppers. This locomotive started life as Boston & Maine 1577. It still wears its Guilford-era dark green and o... (more)

NS D32 approaches College Avenue at 10 mph ready to enter the diverging route into Good Yard. They will yard their train in Track #8, then cut their power off and place it on the head end of D36'... (more)

Torpedo Geep 7549 shows off its classic profile as it drags a cut of dried distiller's grains and ethanol out to the Norfolk Southern interchange tracks on the west side of Gibson City. This unit... (more)

ex-B&M GP7 35 loads a cut of Union Pacific covered hoppers at Agrail's facility in Bloomington, IL. The elevator complex is located on the site of the old Chicago & Alton Shops on the west side o... (more)