BNSF 9942 leads a Galesburg bound freight towards the small town of Bucklin, Missouri. Locomotives: BNSF 9942, BNSF 8078 & BNSF 8467.

The DPU's on this northbound empty coal train throttle down as the coal train curves through the US Air Force Academy to meet a loaded southbound.

BNSF 9942 rounds the curve westbound at Breezy Point on Main 1 as an eastbound loaded coale bound for Lawrence, KS chugs upgrade on main 2.

This empty BNSF coal train has just came off the I&M in Pekin, IL and is now passing under one of the Tazewell & Peoria's signal bridges in Pekin on the Tazewell & Peoria

CSX E945-22, an empty coal train from Essexville, Michigan, heads west along Main St. and I-496 on the east side of Lansing. BNSF 9942 leads the charge.

Now just a memory...

The cranes & rigging in the background are attached to the replacement diamonds, preassembled to be "walked" into place.

Empty unit coal train N859-03 crosses the Bagley Road overpass on the CSX Short Line in the glow of the soft evening light

An SD70MAC and a GP60M put on an impressive smoke show at Joliet.