NS D32 rolls past the elevator at Derby as the train heads west on the old Nickel Plate Peoria Division toward Good Yard in Normal.

NS #398 passes a picturesque old Midwestern church as the train rolls east thru Buffalo, IL on Easter Morning.

D31 books it back east for Springfield as the sun sets at New Berlin.

I&M 30 North passes the mammoth coal-fired power plant at Kincaid. Despite its location in the heart of Central Illinois, Kincaid's main function is to supply electricity to the Midwestern megalo... (more)

Low angle roster shot of Respondek's "Illini Terminal" GP10 1604 at Litchfield, IL. The unit is used to switch the remnants of ex-New York Central industrial trackage on Litchfield's west side.

I've been meaning for some time to try this panoramic shot of Amtrak #301 stopping at the Springfield depot from the top of the municipal parking garage.

The 31 emerges from one of the car shop buildings after spotting the RIP (repair in place) track. This is about as close as you're going to get to a "tunnel" shot in Central Illinois.

Amtrak #301 rolls south down the now infamous "Third Street Corridor". Some say that this rail line was created by Beelzebub while God was resting on the 7th day. None of these people, however,... (more)

Brand new Herzog RLMW2000A power unit 195 basks in the sun on the Old Curran Pass as it and its dedicated trainset of six stack well cars and an RLMW B-CAB await their next work assignment on Norf... (more)

Sunset Route: A pair of matching Scarlet and Grey Espee GP60's thread thru the crossovers at Hazel Dell as the sun prepares the slip below the western horizon. Amazingly, SP 9721 remains u... (more)

BNSF R87, a yard job out of West Quincy, heads west on NS rails after crossing over from the BNSF K-Line main at WF Swan Connection. The train will make a quick trip west to Outer Depot to interc... (more)

BNSF underbid Union Pacific for the new Kincaid Generation contract and the first BNSF trains are rolling south on the Illinois & Midland. Here BNSF 9856 South starts around the curve at Cimic as... (more)

CN FPA4 6789 races east across the Illinois prairie with NS' 2011 Illinois Division Santa Train.

#957 rolls east past the large grain elevator at Niantic after making an "Illiopolis Turn" behind 33J.

Wabash F7 1189 gets a chance to stretch its legs as NS' 2011 Santa Train speeds west alongside old US Route 36 near Illiopolis.