Staged for the Monday run west, the ABA set of f-units sits under an especially bright moon.

Where on earth can you find three F9's A-B-A pulling 106 empty coal cars? Disco, IL! On a rare move to pull cars from storage, the newly added B unit makes this trio perfect, as they climb out of ... (more)

Pioneer Railcorp's A-B-A set of vintage Funits head west from Canton, Illinois towards the last stop of the day at Cuba. The Peoria & Western Railway Santa Special made six stops along its line, o... (more)

After setting out the last cut of cars going to storage, the A-B-A FP9 set head back to town... After seeing many railfans in my life, I'm afraid some of them might exceed the weight limit in town... (more)

The Peoria Western rolls west out of Mapleton, IL, towards Good Hope, IL, with around 30 cars and the F units. Here the crew crosses a crossing at Breeds which is 5 miles East of Canton, IL. Norm... (more)

The Peoria Western has just crossed the BNSF Brookfield Sub and now pulls to the west end of Bushnell to do some local work. This job will run out to Good Hope, IL, and tie down for the night wit... (more)

Westbound Peoria Western F's head west with around 30 cars bound for Good Hope, IL. Here the train is passing thru Smithfield which is 16 miles west of Canton. Normally this train meets another lo... (more)

The westbound P&W sits on the main, poised for the start of the week with its A-B-A set of F's.

The Canton Cannonball is west bound at Cuba, Illinois minus A unit 1752 which is shopped for its 92 day inspection. A GP20R is filling in for the unit, as the train makes its way west on Monday J... (more)

The Canton Cannonball crosses the Spoon River on its way to meet the Keokuk turn at Good Hope.

Where in the US can you see an A-B-A-A-A lash-up of F units in 2010? La Harpe, IL, of course! In reality the power for today's eastbound Canton Cannonball shifts two OOS Fs around the yard.

The Canton Cannonball rolls steadily eastward at a blistering 10 mile per hour pace outside of Cuba, Illinois STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The quiet farm town of Disco is interrupted by the Canadian tuned K3LA of light power A-B-A F9's as they return to Laharpe after setting out 60 cars on the TPW main for storage.

In the first time in 3 years Disco, IL sees some rail action. Peoria and Western is running two crews to pull about 300 cars out of storage, grab a dozen hoppers, and shove the 300 back. The secon... (more)

Where on earth can you find three F9's A-B-A pulling 106 empty coal cars? Disco, IL! On a rare move to pull cars from storage, the newly added B unit makes this trio perfect, as they climb out of ... (more)