One of the two Electro-Motive Division RS1325’s ever produced lies derailed in Pekin, Illinois on Friday, March 28, 2014. Illinois & Midland Railroad # 30, built in the fall of 1960 for Chicag... (more)
CNW 815,814,831,4117,4502 and 4562 are eastbound with 29 cars near sunset west of Belle Fourche. The CNW GP30's had been in and out of storage for a long time and I think at the time of this photo... (more)
Just like old times. Fresh from the paint shop, Santa Fe FP45s 101 and 102 show off the resurrected "Warbonnet" paint scheme in front of the classic San Bernardino station.
Car 2244 makes a rare visit to the Kimball Shops.
The Budd 2200 series make a visit to Cottage Grove during a private CTA charter.
BN 6244 tries to stay ahead of a spring thunder storm as it hurries an eastbound freight along the Mississippi River at Alma, WI. The train was a daily freight operating between Dayton Bluff Yard,... (more)
The sun is barely up as an early morning ore load works east at West Gladstone with 6888,6847,6835 leading the way.
Wisconsin Central Operation Life Saver 7525 is ready to head back south for Frankfort, Indiana at Marion, Indiana.
Looks can be deceiving. This locomotive isn’t in Illinois but rather in Great Falls, Montana to provide HEP for a BN executive hunting trip in nearby Lewistown that involved a number of business... (more)
The Havana Turn returns heads back to Powerton with 1 car. They will pickup another 4 at Manito from Rickett Grain.
The southbound Havana turn heads through Forest City with 5 cars today.
Southbound I&M local crosses Spring Lake Rd just north of Manito.
Freight motor 803 with some battle scars on its nose and an ICG boxcar with a damaged door.
