Keokuk Junction Railway's B unit is missing from the classic A-B-A lashup as a former CSXT GP16 fills in. The Westbound train crosses the Spoon River Bridge on Thursday afternoon. Steve Smedley

Keokuk Junction Railway's B unit is missing from the classic A-B-A lashup as a former CSXT GP16 fills in. Steve Smedley

A former Chicago & NorthWestern Railway C40-8, 8501, now the class unit on Canadian National Railway, rolls through the woods at Chestervale, Illinois. The train is the Peoria Local, operating on ... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's Westbound is running late this Friday, Feb. 2, 2017 as engineer Randy Bennett has a nice roll on the short train at Sciota, Illinois. Steve Smedley

Bloomer Shippers line uses this Plymouth to work the downtown Gibson City elevator. Steve Smedley photo

Amtrak train 303 screams through Atlanta, Illinois at 79mph on its way to St. Louis. Recent cold weather and locomotive failures have pressed the 500 series units into mainline service. The former... (more)

The sun reflects off the side of the Bloomer Line's first locomotive, GP9 7591, a former Northern Pacific unit, with the air temperature at 0 degrees. Bloomer Line engineer Paul Jones moves 28 ... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway 1752 West rolls along next to the former location of Marietta siding as blowing snow rolls through the valley with an air temperature of 6 degrees above zero. Steve Smedley... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway engineer Jeff Rhoades creates a mobile snow squall as he operates FP9 1752, F9B 1761 and FP9 1750 in A-B-A form trailing GP20 2003 Westward at Cuba. As in years past, the C... (more)

Norfolk Southern local D47 works Good Yard in Normal, Illinois as a snowstorm begins to fall on Sunday afternoon. Locomtoive 3488 is a former BNSF unit purchased by the NS in September of 2012. St... (more)

Bloomer 7591 Plows Snow SAS The temperature is 0 degrees as Bloomer Line engineer Paul Jones moves 28 grain hoppers for loading at the Alliance Grain Anchor Elevator. Bloomer's first locomoti... (more)

Engineer Paul Jones spots grain hoppers for loading at the Alliance Grain Company Anchor Elevator, in -7 degree weather on Friday morning. BLOL 7591 was the first unit on the roster, an ex Norther... (more)

Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway 3442 West passes the Wabash Railroad Depot and Model Train Museum, crosssing the former Wabash Chicago to Bement, Illinois rofway. and Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's FP9A 1752 works Collier yard as it rolls past Keystone Steel & Wire. Steve Smedley photo

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad's Santa Train rolls slowly into Earl, Wisconsin as children and parents dine on pizza and visit with Santa and Mrs. Clause. Steve Smedley photo