IC SD70 1021 heads west through Merrillville, splitting the old GTW g-heads with A491. It's getting rare to find a IC SD70 leading a train outside of local service.

It's a warm and very humid morning in Central Illinois on this Memorial Day. After leaving the house early to drive south towards Mattoon, I came across the train just south of Mattoon and had to ... (more)

6251 takes ore to the docks with dynamics on down Proctor Hill.

IC 2700 and CN 5690 lead a 136-car CN 377 through Pointe-Claire. Visible in the distance on the parallel CP Vaudreuil Sub is CP 119, which will overtake CN 377.

Illinois Central SD70 1021 is right at home on the rails of the former Illinois Central's Mainline of Mid-America. IC 1021 is leading CN train A408 as it pauses in Kinmundy Illinois before continu... (more)

A407 blasts north through Ashkum with a trio of IC SD70s.

After assisting A446 up Byron hill, IC 6250 waits for a signal to head back north to Fondy.

A trio of IC SD70s blast through the small town of Ashkum shortly after sunrise.

IC and B&LE EMDs shove CN A446 up Byron hill.

A408 is seen arriving Champaign with another southbound right on their tail.

After getting a recrew at Rantoul, A408 continues south for Champaign passing through Thomasboro, IL.

IC 1003 leads A408 down to Effingham as it passes one of the several towering elevators between Kankakee and Champaign on the Main Line of Mid-America.

IC SD40-3 6250 and BLE SD40T-3 shove hard on southbound A446 as they pass by the local grain elevator in Byron.

Passing MP 150, IC 6250 and BLE 901 are giving it all they got to help a lengthy A446 up the hill in Byron.