Amtrak's two Phase III heritage units lead the City of New Orleans into Champaign, with President Joe Boardman's five cars for his farewell tour of the Amtrak system tacked onto the rear.
Ann Arbor RS-1 21, owned by the Southern Michigan Railroad, sits on an isolated piece of trackage south of Tecumseh, Michigan.
The deformed, twisted, kinked rails of the Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railway wait for the next train, which will not be for a while, as the train visible on the horizon has derailed, a victim o... (more)
TLEW S-2 62 sits, faded and forlorn, on a spur along the now-defunct Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railway. Having previously been consumed for parts for the line's other Alcos, the switcher is now ... (more)
"Now that's a business train!" NS 956 takes the IAIS business train away from the photographer as the sun sets just outside of Bement, Illinois. As the sun dipped below the horizon, t... (more)
NS DD03 shoves in a cut of hoppers for interchange to CSX, with the conductor riding the shove.
ADMX 2311 sits outside of ADM's railcar repair facility in Decatur. The 2311 used to work here before suffering a fire, which led to it being put on display outside. 2311 is the number of the addr... (more)
GTW 5849 shoves a boxcar of newsprint across the diamond and towards the loading bay of the Decatur Herald & Review.
The power for Pioneer Rail's Decatur Junction sits tied down alongside Route 48.
NS 121 passes around the curve at Unity, with an NS Dash 9, and BNSF's "Golden Swoosh" GEVO.
NS 21T heads through the curve at Unity with an ACe and ET44AC leading NS 1074, the Lackawanna heritage unit.
Cargill S-4 1528 sits at the end of their tracks, with an unknown future. Having been displaced by CLCX S-2M 9698 roughly a year ago, it has sat down here ever since.
KBSR 701 sits south of the elevator lead at Sheldon, waiting to shove back in to pick up 25 loads to take to Tate & Lyle in Lafayette, Indiana.
PREX 1608 sits tied down in Cisco, next to an old John Deere tractor.
PREX 1608 sits tied down with two other Pioneer Geeps on the Decatur Junction.
