Short haul railroading on the Illinois prairie.
Motive Power Industries new Genset demonstrator rests at the CN yard.
Dispatched out of Decatur CN power runs west through a typical rural Illinois town.
NS power backs a long line of racks down the main and into the local yard.
Early evening westbound lets out a puff of smoke as he picks up speed exiting Decatur.
Ex CNW on the point running coal empties toward Mt. Pulaski.
A nice Spring day as a westbound heads across the old Wabash Railroad bridge.
Hauling a long line of agricultural product cars across the busy Wabash - Illinois Central diamonds.
1930 model Alco switcher sits on display at the entrance of the local rail museum.
Waiting for the all clear before pulling out of the station.
Repainted from black into blue paint this unnumbered GE 50 ton is a switcher at the Tate & Lyle grain elevator. Ex. Staley.
As evening approaches a fallen flag Wabash F unit idles on a bridge on old Norfolk & Western tracks.
Eastbound roadrailer catches a green signal passing the old Wabash Railroad depot.
Grain train out of Decatur rolls toward Peoria through rural Logan County.
A pair of old IC units wait for their next assignment.