With the summer sun beaning down on central Illinois, the final eastbound NS roadrailer to operate, flies towards Springfield with the Nickel Plate Road heritage locomotive up front.

Central Illinois: The place where unit grain trains literally pop up out of the ground!

The 2010 corn harvest is already underway in early September as NS 66A heads west past a combine taking a short break from the task at hand.

One of the greatest things about the old Wabash line in the Springfield area are all of the pacing shots that can be taken alongside the tracks from old US 36. Here NS #145 seemingly sails across... (more)