On a warm sunny day in central Illinois, NS’s Midwestern Icon D36 hi-tails south by Wabash searchlights just north of Monticello, IL, with a pair of SD40s.

A train that historically runs under moonlight, makes a rare daylight appearance here passing Wabash searchlights in Lodge, IL on NS’s Bloomington District. In addition, due to the 2nd trailing ... (more)

After being roughly 36 hours late, Q565 hauls through Walkerton passing KN Tower in the middle of town.

As the sun nears the horizon, the last former Western Maryland active SD40, along with another one of CSXs older EMD models, the SD50, highball out of Leland with an empty coal train in tow. After... (more)

With empties for Black Thunder Mine in the Powder River Basin, two CSX old fashioned EMDs wind around the “Shoo-Fly” bridge construction area above Interstate 294. With the freeway below widen... (more)

On a sunny afternoon in Waterman, the 476 job races west for Rochelle to switch out the Burlington Junction Rwy.

Around midday, with the sun shining bright, BNSFs 476 job crawls across the Rock River into Oregon to switch sand cars for Illinois Railway. Speaking of Illinois Railway, IR 3500, seen 3rd out, ta... (more)

After holding for the Portland doublestack, the 476 job screams towards Rochelle, seen here outside Shabbona, with a Burlington Northern paint SD40 up front.

Ripping the quiet of night, BNSFs Galesburg to CN Kirk train roars through Plano, with a former Santa Fe Dash 9 up front. One of the few ATSF -9s that have PTC in 2021, and sport its old fashioned... (more)

Riding on home rails for the first time in a long time, former BN SD40, now BNSF 1706, screams west through the small town of Hinckley with a long cut of cars for Oregon & Rochelle.

The day before QJ 6988s Oxford & Wilton excursions, the steamer was sent from Newton, IA to South Amana, IA hauling 11 tank cars for a photo freight. Definitely a welcome change from the passenger... (more)

In the morning summer sun, railfans from all over the midwest gather along the banks of the Cedar River in Moscow, IA for, whats rumored to be, one of the final runs of the QJ 6988 steamer.

Nothing speaks summer like open waters, crisp evenings, boats, & ballast trains. Here two former SOO SD60s crawl along the Mississippi River with a string of mostly Milwaukee & PacMan ballast cars... (more)

On a crystal clear morning along CSXs Grand Rapids Subdivision, the W003 geometry train coasts towards Chicago with the iconic 9969 up front.

After a hotbox tag by the detector a few miles out, Q352 finally crawls through Willow Creek… only 3 hours late. Always nice to see matching older paint up front.