The CNIC Peoria Local is Northbound and passing between the grain elevators in the Central Illinois city of Green Valley, Illinois on Wednesday evening August 13, 2008. The 3140 is a one of a kin... (more)

Former Conrail SD50 5432 leads train D30R down the hillon the Norfolk Southern's Peoria District.

Three Norfolk Southern Dash 8-32B's, 3549-3556-3540, an unusual matched set of the four axle General Electrics, drag a D5J loaded grain extra up Bloomington Hill early on a Wednesday morning July ... (more)

With 62 cars in tow, the North bound Peoria Local crosses Illinois Rt 121 on the south edge of Lincoln Tuesday afternoon.

Illinois Central 3140 and 3110, a nice matched set of black units, brings some grain empty's past loads they will pull as engineer Dave Allenson slows to let his conductor off at the cut in Emden,... (more)

BNSF 6998 East motors south of Warner siding in a steady cold drizzle. This day improved thanks to a weather forecast by Craig Williams.

Iowa, Chicago & Eastern flood detour down from Savanna, Illinois is coming off the BNSF's Barstow sub and onto the Rock Island Industrial at Barstow, Illinois. This day started out like crud, with... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad train M ASBN (ALTON SOUTHERN - BLOOMINGTON) is crawling through the McLean siding during a perfectly timed meet with Amtrak train 304, which will pass the leader, an SD70Ace... (more)

The Canton Cannonball climbs a short hill between slides, on the return leg of the run to Glasford, Illinois. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The pair of pristine Peoria & Western Railway FP9's are out of winter storage and making the second run of the season, shown westbound at Glasford, Illinois on Thursday May 1st, 2008. STEVE SMEDL... (more)

Manufacturers Railway Company SW 1500 # 255 works to load grain cars, at the Tr-City Regional Port District Mid-Coast Terminal on Saturday, April 23, 2008. The towboat Ernie T. Wellhausen is in fo... (more)

CNIC engineer Dave Allenson sails across the Salt Creek trestle between Hartsburg and Lincoln, Illinois, on the former Illinois Central Railroad's Peoria District. Three GEVO's burble along with a... (more)

The eastbound Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway crew has no trouble getting across the diamond at Chenoa, Illinois as the depot of the former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad and Tip-Up crumbles back t... (more)

The Union Pacific Railroad's North Local, which operates Monday through Friday as a round trip between Bloomington and Mazonia, Illinois, went on the ground Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008, sout... (more)

The Union Pacific Railroad's North Local, which operates Monday through Friday as a round trip between Bloomington and Mazonia, Illinois, went on the ground Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008, sout... (more)