With the last of NS’s iconic roadrailer trains on their way out, the final eastbound train, NS 256, is seen flying through the tiny town of Lanesville. What better sendoff, than having Nickel Pl... (more)
Two IC repainted SD40s cruise into the sunset with a string of ballast cars for loading in Wisconsin. Seen ducking under the Metra Southwest service on the south side of New Lenox.
Usually captive on CNs Iron Range in Minnesota, these two IC SD40s sporting CNs iconic noodle paint scheme, are back on their home rails with a string of ballast cars. Seen here in Monee flying no... (more)
A scene all too familiar in this part of the country, these old concrete grain elevators loom tall above the rails they serve. Danforth stands as no different, as they compliment this northbound m... (more)
In the crisp summer morning sun, a pair of Illinois Central SD70s sporting the “Deathstar” scheme drag a long train of manifest from Memphis up towards Chicago. The leader is particularly appe... (more)
One of the two newly reactivated SD38s owned by the Iowa Interstate, drags 70 cars out of the Illinois River Valley bound for Silvis from Peoria.
After years of being go-to motive power for the Iowa Interstate, their SD38 fleet has been banished to storage lines and sheds for quite sometime. Similar to 2022, two of their four SD38s were pul... (more)
With the summer sun setting along the Mississippi River, the Santa Fe shines bright as it treads into Montrose, IA, with a grain elevator perfectly placed on the Illinois side of the river.
Indiana Railroads SAHW road train rounds the curves out of Solsberry, with two of their “new” former NS SD70Ms for power.
Indiana Railroads SAHW road train, traverses west above the White River in Elliston, IN with a pair of SD40s up front.
Constructed in 1906, the once upon a time largest rail trestle in the United States, still stands tall well into the 21st century, as its seen here supporting the Indiana Railroad’s SAHW road tr... (more)
In a dense and foggy winter morning, BNs 458 job makes a run for Zearing with both a “Smurf” GP38 & BN SD40. Seen here in Meriden.
NS empties approach the subdivisions namesake town of Mendota, with an H1 Dash 9 on the head end. Seen here outside town, aside Meriden.
In the afternoon summer sun along BNs Mendota Sub, NS empties rumble west with an H1 Dash 9 up front for power.
A GTW sd40 in CN paint, drags the city of New Orleans into downtown Chicago after the charger suffered electrical issues.