Quietly basking in the gorgeous evening light, the small town of Edelstein suddenly erupts in a 17,600 horsepower roar as four BNSF General Electric units grind upgrade with a high-priority Willow... (more)

A Canal Street trolley makes a quick stop to pick-up and drop-off passengers at the Carondelet Station on a busy Wednesday night in a city known as the "Big Easy."

While waiting for a mess of Galesburg area traffic to clear up ahead of it, an eastbound loaded CAEG coal drag sits patiently on track two of the Ottumwa Subdivision between the towns of Monmouth ... (more)

Led by BNSF 1817, a northbound trim job pulls a string of cars out of the hump bowl as it begins the process of building together a train, while two other units await for assignments by the trim t... (more)

A brief and well-timed break in the clouds quickly lets the sun illuminate eastbound loaded coal train C-BAMSCN0 20R as it glides through Cameron, IL on BNSF's Ottumwa Subdivision. This train orig... (more)

Standing atop the E. Smokey Rd wooden overpass, southbound loaded coal train C-BAMSCN0 20R clips right along as it heads down the single-tracked Brookfield Subdivision south of St. Augustine, IL w... (more)

BNSF 1882, one of several Galesburg Yard trimmer units, briefly pauses at the front of the hump bowl so a crew member can hop off to throw a switch. This specific EMD SD40-2 was built new for the ... (more)

When gazing down into BNSF Railway's massive Galesburg Classification Yard, especially at night, phrases like "The Railroad Never Sleeps" can't help but to pop into one's mind as the nev... (more)

After just barely making the climb up Edelstein Hill, high-priority westbound container train Q-CXOLAC1 24A thunders across main one through the small community of Edelstein on BNSF's Chillicothe ... (more)

BNSF 1848, a former Burlington Northern SD40-2, brings a cut of cars out of the classification tracks so a switch move can be made. Amazing to think that this unit was built new all the way back i... (more)

Leaving the Illinois River Valley behind, westbound empty coal train E-CICBTM0 03R roars toward the setting sun as it ducks underneath of pair of ATSF searchlight signal bridges at Edelstein, IL a... (more)

Rolling eastward past the Rochelle Railroad Park, loaded Wisconsin Power and Light coal train CETSH 02, led by a matching pair of AC4400CW's, ducks under a set of C&NW searchlight signal signal br... (more)

The clouds continue to stick around central Illinois as two matched IAIS GP38-2's bring down a 24-car Bureau JCT to Peoria road freight (BUSW-21) through the small community of Rome, IL on a drear... (more)

A set of three signals guarding a section of track on the southern end of BNSF's Orin Subdivision stand tall as a line of threatening storm clouds pass overhead.

Looking down into the Galesburg Engine Pit, one can expect to see a plethora of locomotives ranging from the simple BNSF Dash 9 or GEVO to a rare set of leased EMD power and this specific picture ... (more)