The daily Ford auto parts train heads west crossing the diamonds in Decatur.
Yard power brings cars on to the main to get head room before backing into the Tate & Lyle corn processing plant.
NS 301 slips under the Route 51 bypass. It is picking up speed at BD Junction after waiting on a northbound NS coal train. Ex. SOO, Ex. INRD.
A long mixed freight lays on the horn as it runs through several crossings in rural Sullivan, Illinois.
An ex Soo locomotive, now a lease unit, brings NS 301 south through Decatur on its way to Granite City. Ex. SOO 6006. Ex. INRD.
Local L551 with a mixed freight just south of the Amtrak station. Powered by IC 9572 & 9610.
This old RSSX EMD sits on a siding in the CSX yard. It came into Decatur on a CN train back in October 2010. The number boards have been removed.
CSX on the CN run around, passing a local lumber dealer, brings a train load of tankers over to the Archer Daniels Midland yard.
NS yard power pulls CEFX 6004 and a grain hopper out of the Decatur Tate & Lyle plant. The ex Soo locomotive became disabled while moving a grain train due to a rail problem.
Stack train 20T cruises into Decatur passing an outbound mixed freight.
Inbound auto rack train running east past the old Wabash Railroad Depot which is now an antique mall.
The Ford auto parts train running down NS main #2 passing the CSX yard.
Old IC's bring a local out of Decatur past the Warrensburg elevators.
Windy 14 degree morning on Lake Decatur as an NS freight works its way over the old Wabash Railroad bridge.
Operation Lifesaver locomotive takes 301 through the campus of Millikin University on the way to Granite City.
