Villa Grove-based LSB54 local is hot and heavy on the dynamic brakes as they coast their 30ish car train downhill towards the small village of Royal, IL

Local boaters have anchored near UP’s Lake Shelbyville bridge, anticipating the Big Boy’s arrival. Soon enough, the 1940s-built steamer crosses overhead as it makes its way towards its next wh... (more)

Near the location of Dailey, IL, the Big Boy rolls south thru the fields of corn and beans towards its resting point of Villa Grove. The nice evening light was a great perk of this chase, usually ... (more)

An extraboard freight trundles down the Charleston Subdivision, enroute to Charleston with cars for all three rail-served customers in town.

What a sight in 2024, a stunnint 4-pack of IC SD70s lead a northbound M335 freight past one of IC’s stations and towards Champaign yard for a crew change.

An eastbound intermodal claws its way up through Abo Canyon just before sunrise. Although I didn't see many eastbound trains into the morning sun, the westbounds were sure running like streetcars.

Seen along Old Rt. 66 between Laguna and Mesita, NM, an eastbound BNSF stack train coasts downhill and towards Belen.

Fall colors are springing into action in Southern Indiana, as CSX J780 traverses through Big Tunnel on the Indiana Subdivision while bound for Mitchell. This tunnel sees one train, the J780 lo... (more)

With a large lightning storm overhead, the Tuscola-based 200 job power sits quiet for the night.

At the north end of Block Siding, 1 of 3 remaining SP-painted GP60s is on the point of UP's LSB54 local. This job runs north twice a week, usually Tuesday and Friday. After going on duty at 5 AM, ... (more)

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)

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)

Seen near Tuscola, UP 1066, still in its Southern Pacific colors, leads the LSB54 local north towards Villa Grove. The storms had been off and on today as a front moved through the area. They sure... (more)

Going back to a time where NS Dash 8 locomotives still roamed and the Lafayette District was a hopping place....as now the NS is a shell of what it once was when it comes to motive power. Dash 8s,... (more)

The man in charge of the locomotive, seen from the cab.