At about 50mph, the 6054 crests Genoa Hill and begins it's decent to Davis Junction.
The GP40s and SD40 work very hard to bring their 73 cars up the steep hill into Monroe Center; Davis Jct's well-known water tower is in the background.
With a definite "thud", this ICE SD40-2 sends a drift at a rural crossing into the air.
ICE's Huron to Chicago train hustles downhill after passing through the hamlet of Monroe Center.
With a loud thud, ICE's L920 job, the Davis Turn, plows through a nice drift at a rural country crossing.
The ICE's daily Chicago BRC Clearing-Huron, SD, coasts downhill into Monroe Center, nearing the halfway point across Illinois.
ICE 6417 struggles to pull his lengthy train over the hills of Monroe Center, IL.