After a brief stop in Cerro Gordo, IL on the Lafayette District, NS SD70ACe 1091 bring track geometry train 90G through down town headed for Decatur, IL on a beautiful afternoon.
NS SD70ACe 1091 leads the geometry train into the small town of Cerro Gordo, IL where it will stop and pick up some maintainers and take them to Decatur, IL on the Lafayette subdivision.
Only a few days into my first semester in college, I bustled over to Decatur after class to meet up with a friend of mine. Norfolk Southern's OCS train was enroute to Decatur, heading back east to... (more)
During the golden hour a new DC to AC unit brings a double stack west.
NS eastbound led by "Bandit" #9770 comes out of the fog.
An eastbound Norfolk Southern Roadrailer led by lone EMD SD60 No. 6596 cruises through central Illinois between Cerro Gordo and Milmine on October 11, 1995.
NS #6711 leads the 121 through the small town of Cerro Gordo Illinois.
UP #5358 leads a westbound freight into Cerro Gordo Illinois.
Into the sunset
NKP "Berkshire" 765 storms through Cerro Gordo on the former Wabash (Lafayette District) Main. It was a perfect day for chasing steam.
NS 145 from Bison Yard in Buffalo, N.Y., highballs west towards Decatur, Ill., as it passes some railroad ties near the tracks on September 15, 2011.
Intermodal cruises through downtown Cerro Gordo. It will pause in Decatur before heading on to Missouri.
Racks roll through farm country in Central Illinois.