Flying through central Illinois farmland, Santa Fe’s QNYLA (New York to Los Angeles, with Conrail, Q train) is about to slam across the rural E. 8th Road grade crossing just west of Leeds on Jun... (more)
Hot rail at milepost 98 Santa Fe’s 198 train, running fast from Chicago to Los Angeles, storms by milepost 98 between Ancona and Leeds, Illinois, at 7:17 p.m. on May 9, 1992. The trai... (more)
Late day meet At milepost 98 on Santa Fe’s main line west out of Chicago, the 198 train slams by doing 70, as another eastbound Santa Fe train approaches in the distance at Leeds, Ill... (more)
Headlights dimmed between speedsters Two Santa Fe trains pass at a combined speed of 140 mph, as the 198 train meets another of the railroad’s intermodal speedsters, raising dust of f... (more)