Illinois Central 1026, an SD70 leads a Farmersville Coal train bound for flood loading at the Freeman United Coal mine in Farmersville, Illinois on Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. The engineer has the air horn tied down for several road crossings on the west side of Decatur, Illinois as a light rain begins to trickle down the dusty paint of the 1026, little has changed on the unit, although a small web address denotes the fact the railroad is now part of the CN.
STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
Pace and pan shots of trains from on the ground or in the air. If you're not in the locomotive cab or on-board the train, it's the next best thing to being there.