Due to chasing the IC&E on the Chicago Subdivision during the afternoon, I missed getting this engine in daylight. Thankfully the fuel man parked and worked on the other side of the engine while ... (more)

The historic Galena, IL ex-Illinois Central Depot, currently used as a visitor information center, sits idle as nightfall overtakes the city. With proposals to bring Amtrak service back to Galena... (more)

Mason City, IA - Bensenville, IL Manifest Train street running through Bellevue, IA.

Mason City, IA - Bensenville, IL Manifest Train heads south past the CN Dubuque Yard office on the Joint Main.

Dubuque, IA - Samoa, IA local continues its journey a few miles south of Bellevue, IA.

Dubuque, IA - Samoa, IA local nears Bellevue, IA with five cars in their train.

Bensenville - Mason City Manifest heads west towards Lanark, IL after meeting its eastbound counterpart at Adeline.

A nice Monday afternoon suprise - 6 blue/yellow engines on the Chicago Clearing - Nahant train!

A nice daylight catch on this stretch of railroad. Most of the CN trains run in the dark across Northern Illinois these days.

Local from Savanna heads south towards Deer Creek where they will meet their northbound counterpart.

Two railroads are represented that are no more...... The CN Manchester - Cedar Rapids local nears Ryan, IA where they will pick up one empty ex-Rock Island covered hopper at the local grain eleva... (more)

Three railroads are represented that are no more...... After picking up the ex-Rock Island covered hopper at Ryan, this train will head straight to Cedar Rapids.

The Cedar Rapids local heads west for Waterloo, IA after setting out the majority of its train at Manchester, IA.

Something I will never see again: a WC GP40 leading an empty BNSF coal train from Dubuque, IA - Waterloo, IA.

Something I will never see again: a WC GP40 leading an empty BNSF coal train from Dubuque, IA - Waterloo, IA.