Norfolk Southern train D30R is at the foot of Loust Street, as it passes through the west side of Bloomington, Illinois on this snowy Tuesday afternoon. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Norfolk Southern Railway train D0 55 climbs Bloomington Hill in Bloomington, Illinois with 28 loaded heavy duty flats of Caterpillar Tractor Company equipment. The train is shown at Lincoln Street... (more)

Amtrak train 22, the Texas Eagle, runs through heavy snow as the sun is trying to break through after a February 1987 snow storm. The train is stopping at the Union Depot, and the small shack at r... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf train 33 comes down the runner in Bloomington, on its twice weekly run back from Chicago. The ICG had done its best to rid itself of traffic on the former GM&O lines. The en... (more)

An unpatched and a little worse for the wear Southern Pacific SD45 R leads three other UP six axles and a short MBNAS south out of Bloomington, Illinois on Thursday November 29, 2007. STEVE SMEDL... (more)

Amtrak train 303, the Ann Rutledge, gets a highball from the conductor of train 22, The Texas Eagle, as they perform a Market Street meet in Bloomington Tuesday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Norfolk Southern train 30R is a new symbol operating daily between Decatur and Normal, Illinois. It is shown on the approach to Good Yards on the west side of Normal. STEVE SMEDL

Norfolk Southern local D47D pulls the AgRail grain facility in Bloomington, Illinois on Friday morning.

A Kansas City Southern SD70ACE lays over in the Union Pacific yards in Bloomington, Illinois.

An ex-Guilford geep 7 loads a string of grain cars at the elevator in Bloomington.

Southern Pacific serves the grain elevator at Bloomington on a remnant of the IC branch.

Amtrak 303 rolls south 2 days after a major ice storm. This is the only train on the Chicago - St. Louis line today. It will terminate in Springfield, as the line south to St. Louis was still clos... (more)

This might be the only time you ever see a geep 40 pointing a GEVO. The crew tied the yard switcher on the front of the consist to do some switch moves and then take the train down to Springfield.

An old B30 prepares to lead the local south from Bloomington to Springfield.

You won't find any new ACes on UP's line through Bloomington. It's all old school power in the yard today including a patched SP B30-7 and an ex-Guilford GP7.