A matching trio of WSOR-painted units lead a northbound train empty over the Embarras River and towards Oakland. This train was received from the CN at Neoga and will be loaded at ADM Oakland befo... (more)
All is silent in rural Oakland, IL as the aurora dances overhead. Sitting below is a loaded DREI grain train behind a 5-pack of EMD locomotives. This train came up from Neoga a day prior and was l... (more)
The aurora dances overhead as a DREI grain train sits north of Oakland, tied down till morning.
An extraboard freight trundles down the Charleston Subdivision, enroute to Charleston with cars for all three rail-served customers in town.
After spending all day loading this triple digit grain train, the 400 job gets going into Oakland an hour after sunrise. Todays Neoga bound grainer has a quartet of DREI’s finest, with the first... (more)
After loading different cuts of cars all morning, EIRC 1040 paired up to it's partner-in-crime, the 7565. They then backed south of town one final time for the last cut. After loading these 6 cars... (more)
EIRC #4541 leads a CN interchange train south through Oakland Illinois.
EIRC 1040 backs down the passing track after putting away the cut of grain cars it has just loaded, while partner 4541 gets started on the next cut. 1040 will grab another cut and wait its turn t... (more)
