Illinois Central SD70 1021 is right at home on the rails of the former Illinois Central's Mainline of Mid-America. IC 1021 is leading CN train A408 as it pauses in Kinmundy Illinois before continu... (more)

A trio of IC SD70s blast through the small town of Ashkum shortly after sunrise.

A408 is seen arriving Champaign with another southbound right on their tail.

After getting a recrew at Rantoul, A408 continues south for Champaign passing through Thomasboro, IL.

IC 1003 leads A408 down to Effingham as it passes one of the several towering elevators between Kankakee and Champaign on the Main Line of Mid-America.

A pair of IC SD70s leads a southbound out of Effingham in the late afternoon.

A pair of IC SD70s (1007 & 1032) are on the head end of train A408 as they manage to make track speed through Pesotum. The engineer isn't letting off the Nathan P3 horn through the two consecutive... (more)

Rolling on home rails, IC 1002 leads train A408 south into Humboldt, Illinois.

IC 1002 rolls past the Hayes elevator

Illinois Central 1025 Leads the trio of Deathstar SD70 locomotives along with 2 CP SD9043Macs and a UP SD4093mac headed to Mayfield KY to be in the CP ACu program.

IC 1003 & 1026 leading two CN painted motors South past the Amtrak depot in Kankakee on the former IC mainline. This train would shortly after make a pit stop in Otto, IL to make a pick up.

A trio on IC SD70's consisting of the 1003,1032 and 1036 lead CN southbound A408 into the Centralia Illinois yard.

In what looks like something from twenty years ago southbound CN A408 with two IC SD70's in command heads for Centralia.

Two IC SD70's lead a southbound freight towards Centralia.

After my time machine ride back to the late 90s, a southbound freight to Centralia rips on em’ out of Champaign. Leading the way is a nice trio of IC SD70s, numbers 1003, 1032, and 1036.