A classic CN EMD SD40-2W and 2 NS motors leads a G889 grain train out of the Mississippi River Valley towards Waterloo, and eventually Alden, IA.

Good friend and engineer Larry Smoak brings his empty G889 north over the IC Manchac Pass drawbridge late one warm spring evening. The lead BNSF AC4400 catches the very last of the golden rays of ... (more)

On a windy chilly afternoon, an engine quite familiar with this line, an IC SD70, rumbles west by the IC era R2 trilight signal outside Plato Center. With these older signals being wiped off the m... (more)

CN 3272 Leading a Potash train just south of Arcola IL on a Crisp Chilly day.

After getting a heads up about this train, me and a few friends set up just north of Genoa, IL. CN 2036 is in charge of G889, a WB grain train with BCOL 4653 also in the train.