Frisco 1630 charges east. Breaking with her standard operating procedure, Mother Nature times the only glimpse of sunlight on an otherwise cloudy day with one of Frisco 1630's late afterno... (more)

Frisco 1630 makes her first run of 2018. After backing to the west end of the line, the Illinois Railway Museum's big Decapod #1630 makes her first run down the main line as a caboose hop, ... (more)

The "Russian Decapod" comes out to play. The Illinois Railway Museum's big Frisco Decapod waits on the west leg of the wye for the regular, hourly, diesel-powered excursion trai... (more)

Frisco 1630: The "OTHER" Decapod. With volunteer crewmen looking on, Frisco 1630 moves for the first time in the Illinois Railway Museum's 2018 steam season, just outside the engi... (more)

Now arriving at Nelson Crossing. On the evening before the Southern Rail Productions Charter, personnel from the Monticello Railway Museum finish assembling a vintage mixed train behind Sou... (more)

Passing under Lizard Creek Bridge. As Southern 401 chugs slowly through downtown Monticello, she passes under the Lizard Creek Railroad Bridge. This structure dates back to 1902 and has ca... (more)

Departing the Monticello Grain Co. Elevator. Running on one leg of a wye that the museum shares with Norfolk Southern, the Southern 401 pulls her mixed train past the massive grain elevator... (more)

Arriving in Downtown Monticello. With just one passenger waiting on the platform, Southern 401 brings her mixed train into the historic Wabash depot in downtown Monticello, IL in the aftern... (more)

Picnic at Camp Creek. A young couple enjoying a quiet picnic in the meadow below Camp Creek Trestle has their discussions interrupted by the passage of a Southern Freight, headed to a nearb... (more)

Cresting the hill at Township Road. A pair of vintage cars observe the crossing signals as Southern 401 and her mixed train crest the hill at Township Road, just outside Monticello, IL, wak... (more)

Watching the local roll past. A citizen in a residential neighborhood gets a close look at a Southern Railway local mixed train as she rolls into town to drop some loads for area businesses... (more)

Southern 401 and a local mixed. In what may be a first since her 2010 restoration, Southern Consolidation #401 hauls a period mixed local on the grounds of the Monticello Railway Museum for... (more)

Evening Mixed Service. A Southern Railway mixed train sits at the Nelson Crossing Depot awaiting the loading of some local freight traffic. A couple of late arriving passengers query the ... (more)

Passing Stair Tower. A Southern Railway local freight receives orders as she passes Stair Tower in the yard at Monticello on a spring evening. The power tonight is Southern Railway #401, a... (more)

A window on history. It's April of 1933 and the WW&F Railway is somehow still hanging on. The advent of heavy trucks and better country roads are tapping the lifeblood of the little railro... (more)