A Canadian National Freight Train is seen here tied down in the siding at Effingham, IL, awaiting a new crew to take the Train south
Here we see a CN Southbound manifest splitting SE Effingham Siding with a CN ES44AC on the point.
Having finished some switching north of town the local is dragging its way back to the yard, stretching to the horizon.
200 miles south of Chicago, the RPCA Special swings off the Champaign Sub east onto the Effingham Sub.
The local switcher returns south to the yard after some industrial switching. Earlier they were towing the big BNSF unit for some reason but as the cuts got bigger they put it on line.
The southbound “Saluki” is making a station stop. That’s not revenue traffic on the rear. These trains drag three empty baggage cars back and forth day after day to activate CN’s signals... (more)
A Canadian National train rattles the diamond at Effingham, Ill., heading north on the "Mainline of Mid-America," the former Illinois Central. The tracks extending from the foreground ar... (more)
Grand Trunk Western 4919 works the yard in Effingham, Ill., for Canadian National. The yard is along the former mainline of the Illinois Central. It's rattling across the former Pennsylvania Railr... (more)
CN 8815 heads South past the boarded up Effingham depot and across the double track CSXT mainline. It is pretty obvious that the loaded Grain trains head South at this location due to the corn gr... (more)
Effingham RR power Effingham
A new GEVO wearing fresh paint does the honors of today's M342.
A Canadian cab dash 9 leads the A432 into Effingham.
CSX #7759 leads a freight east though Effingham Illinois.
An Avon, Ind., to Madison, Ill., TRRA Yard manifest heads west through downtown Effingham while making a rolling meet with eastbound CSX Q33213 on June 13, 2014. With CSX working on a new signal b... (more)