Short local holds for a northbound Amtrak train at the entrance to the yard.

GTW power swings out of the yard after dropping off cars for CSX.

F7 WAB 1189 & F9 NS 4270 on display at the Monticello Railway Museum.

Giant southbound grain train crosses the diamonds heading for Mattoon.

IC power crosses the WABIC diamonds which were once the major intersection for the Wabash and Illinois Central railroads.

Eastbound stack train moves through downtown Decatur.

An NS crew waits to exit the CSX yard as a maintenance of way vehicle travels down the NS main.

Late afternoon brings train #293 with fully loaded racks heading west to Springfield. If you look closely at the bottom left corner of the picture you can see a cat poking its head up in between ... (more)

Strange looking Dash 9 with missing NS logo on the nose brings train 145 through Decatur.

Pair of NS locomotives lead their train past the historic Wabash Depot.

Positioning coal cars for a move back into the yard.

Geep brings a single box car down the main, running it to the yard.

An FRA track geometry car has cleared the Wabash - Illinois Central diamonds. It will run south to inspect CN tracks from Decatur to Mattoon. This self-propelled car holds up to 20 people, has a... (more)

A fallen flag Wabash F unit clanks across the Wabash - Illinois Central diamonds with the NS employees Santa train. Wabash ruled the rails here in Central Illinois until its 1964 merger with Norf... (more)

The Norfolk Southern employee Santa train brings three car loads of excited kids through downtown Decatur. Manufactured in 1959 this great looking locomotive is on loan from the Monticello Railwa... (more)