Just shy of sunset, an eastbound local rumbles down the Chilli Sub with a trio of EMD's.

After a mostly cloudy day along the Chilli Sub, the sun begins to make an apperance late in the day, as westbound UP stacks cruise through Toluca, IL.

It's all NS at Toluca, Illinois on the former ATSF transcon. Here we view a BNSF westbound stack train passing NS' Kansas City train just out of the connection at Streator.

One of the endless parade of stack trains on the Transcon races through Toluca just before sunset.

BNSF train passes by Ruff Brothers Grain Facility on a very cold night in Toluca, IL -12 wind chill

From atop the slag pile in Toluca one has a nice view of the Santa Fe. Inspiration for this shot came from Joe McMillan's "High Green To Marceline" book.

BN Cascade green SD40-2 7045 and an NS C40-9W highball through the peaceful town of Toluca.

Solid NS power blasts westward with a Z train as an eastbound recedes in the distance -- just another day on today's Santa Fe!

A faded pumpkin leads a stack train over Crow Creek in Toluca.

A westbound Z train rolls through the town of Toluca on a beautiful autumn day.

An eastbound stack train barrels east through the quiet small town of Toluca.

An eastbound manifest led by an SD40 with a nose job cruises through the crossovers in Toluca.