The KJRY Santa Train heads west, approaching the town of Breeds.

The 2017 KJRY Santa Train heads west just east of Canton.

The 2017 KJRY Santa Train sits in Breeds while all the children get a tour of the caboose and the lead locomotive.

The 2017 KJRY Santa Train heads west, approaching the small town of Breeds.

Crew will switch out the GP-20 and the three F's will head to interchange at East Peoria.

An eastbound KJRY freight bounces along at 10 MPH with a pair of covered wagons doing the honors through the soy bean fields.

The first and second shift trade out the Eastbound Keokuk Junction Railway train at Bushnell, Illinois. photo by Steve Smedley

Doug Henry has just traded places with his brother Dave, as the second shift takes over on Keokuk Junction Railway 1752 East, about to make a two car pickup from ADM's plant in Bushnell, Illinois.... (more)

Springtime at Spoon River.

Canton Cannonball crosses the Spoon River near Seville, Illinois with Classic Cabs leading.

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's Canton Cannonball works a 79 car train westbound as it nears Good Hope, Illinois and a meet with an eastbound out of Keokuk, Iowa. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's Canton Cannonball rolls across the rebuilt Spoon River crossing at Seville, population 9, as the train nears Kiki Hollow. Steve Smedley photo

Engineer Doug Henry backs his train towards the Hollis Pass while working a set of eighty storage tank cars. Normal operations are a Monday run westbound, that will wait till Thursday and more car... (more)