It's dawn on the BNSF's former Santa Fe Transcon main, as the classic Santa Fe signals light the way for an eastbound at Ancona, Illinois.

I've heard of dogs chasing cars, but Dash 9s? The grain elevator manager's dog is in hot pursuit as this eastbound is about to knock down the signal at Ancona during sunrise.

An eastbound BNSF intermodal greats the rising Sun at Ancona Illinois, on the fabled BNSF Transcon. It’s opportunities like this that might waking up at 4:30am worth the few hours of lost sleep.

CSXT 7594 rolls by the grain elevator at Ancona on a sunny Spring morning.

A very clean UP 7648 leads a stack train past the grain elevator at Ancona.

It's just before 6AM as the sun begins to shine on America's heartland. A clear signal foreshadows the constant rail action the former Santa Fe transcon will experience throughout the day.

This westbound autorack train passes through Ancona with a UP GEVO in charge. Fourth out is a KCS SD70ACe.

The true Barfbonnet...

The westbound NS Ashland Avenue Yard (Chicago, IL.) to Fort Madison, IA. stack train rolls through Ancona, preparing to switch over to Main 2 at the crossovers. A nice NS SD70M is in charge today.... (more)

BNSF 665 races past the grain elevator at Ancona. Click here for another perspective as cap... (more)

The hottest of the hot ones, QNYLA, makes an appearance at Ancona.

This Aliance, Texas to Willow Springs, IL train sprints past the grain elevators at Ancona.

BNSF 4530's train has a CSX AC4400CW YN3 #5118 included today. I've been seeing a lot of CSX power on the Transcon lately!

Three Santa Fe Warbonnets (Two C44-9W's and a GP60M) trail this BNSF Dash 9 at Ancona.

EMDX GP38-2 838, Santa Fe Warbonnet B40-8W 512 and a BNSF H1 SD40-2 lean into the curve at Ancona, with the westbound M-IHBGAL.