A BNSF intermodal train works its way eastbound along the still partially frozen Mississippi River.

A former BN locomotive leads an eastbound out of Savanna, Illinois.

IC&E's Nahant to BRC manifest crosses the BNSF at Savanna.

Soo Line power shows up on an eastbound move over the BN below the Palisades.

Autumn along the Mississippi with BN's St. Paul-Memphis TOFC is a nice combination at sunset.

GP30s inherited from the Great Northern and Burlington Route congregate at the Savanna roundhouse during the extended strike by the Railway Clerks union.

You are looking at the Upper Mississippi River valley from the bluff overlook at Palisades State Park, where below is BN's busy ex-CB&Q. This train came out of the Galesburg terminal, it wasn't u... (more)

MNACC departs Savanna at the east end of the double track at Plum.

Train #8 skirts the Mississippi River just north of Savanna, IL. Towering overhead are the bluffs of the Palisades State Park, a favorite place for rock climbers.

Cat-powered 2001 & 2007 lead a hot train destined to the Pacific Northwest along the Mississippi.

With a fresh crew on board, a BNSF stack train heads south out of the yard at Savanna. Within a few hundred feet it will cross over onto main 1 and head east for Chicago.

A westbound coal train readies to depart Savanna. The Milwaukee Road had pretty much closed up the Green Island-Marion line, so the CNW SD-45 will lead the way for cab signaling as the train takes... (more)

U.S. Army 60 Ton Switcher, Serial #61259, re-built in 1987. CAT 500 HP engine.

ICE 6443 sits on some old tracks in IC&E's Savanna yard along with and old SOO Line caboose(IMRL 11). The caboose has been sitting Savanna for years and has actually been slowly sinking and tiltin... (more)