A pair of reactivated, but worn warbonnet GE's lead several other BNSF engines on the local switching the west end of Barstow Yard.

Rebuilt and repainted SD75I 288 is tied down in the yard at Barstow. The modified "swoosh" paint scheme looks pretty sharp on these EMD's.

Due to record rainfall to the north, the Rock River is rising out of it's banks as well as the nearby streams. Fields surrounding the Barstow Yard are flooding but the railroad appears safe for n... (more)

An eastbound 8-car engineering special approaches the Mississippi River bridge to cross into Illinois from Iowa.

The Illinois Railway Museum sent their former Santa Fe FP45 92 to NRE to be rebuilt to operating condition while other cosmetic restoration will be completed at the museum at a later date. The Io... (more)

A Silvis to Peoria train with mostly grain passes the former Rock Island depot at Geneseo.

An eastbound 8-car engineering special passes the former Chicago & North Western depot at Clinton. The UP recently re-purchased the depot and surround land from private owners, but no plan has be... (more)

The 403 local crew has died in the siding at Warner, tied it down, and is cabbing home to Galesburg while the train waits for a shuttle crew.

IAIS GP38-2 718 sits on the west side of the diesel shop at South Amana.

The Rock Island switcher switches the west end of the yard to prepare for a run down the Milan Branch.

An eastbound stack train from Fort Madison to Logistics Park passes under the signal bridges at Toluca.

The Los Angeles to Willow Springs Z-train whips around the curve at Ancona and passes under one of the endangered ex-Santa Fe signal bridges still left on the Chilli Sub. Signal crews are working... (more)

Five BNSF GE's make short work of hauling the New York to Los Angeles Z-train through the Illinois country-side.

The AAPRCO Spring Meeting special passes over the Mississippi River into Clinton. The special is operating from Chicago to Kansas City via Clinton and the Spine Line. UP 8800 is required for cab... (more)

An empty Herzog ballast train brings up the 2nd half of the Nitrin Job back to Nahant with CP 6248 and CP 2202 along for the ride on the rear. The ballast train operated the night before, dumping... (more)