Passing ICE cooling its wheels.
It's 1:03am, and sodium vapor lights tinge the scene orange as the "XL" waits for a signal to cross CSX rails at Preston to head for the northernmost end of these severed segment of the Milwaukee... (more)
Fresh out of the paint shop this very morning, what was once INRD 35 heralds a new image for INRD locomotives and a new number series for the 30-series straight GP38s as they go through overhaul t... (more)
UP 1995 was trailing, but the leader was a good consolation prize! Might this turn out to be the last time this famous trio ran together? CNW 8701 was involved in a collision at Proviso the next... (more)
Along the mighty Mississipp'.
The famous (locally, at least) Media trestle.
"Illinois Zephyr"
Fast eastbound rushes through a snow squall.
Potash train for INRD takes the scenic route between Chicago and Terre Haute -- via Lafayette and the Monon.
"Hello, *Newman*..." Normally nocturnal Q594 works eastward on the former B&O out of Decatur, Illinois, the first train over this line since the snowstorm began.
