BNSF 6716 passes over the Spoon River bridge at Dahinda, IL.
BNSF Z-WSPLAC9 14 coasts west under the Searchlights at Williamsfield, IL
NS 8808 takes the ADESPJ into Villa Grove for a crew change.
The signal at 142.2 stands tall as another sun sets.
After slowing to let UP 1982 pass, two older CSX EMDs and a UP ES44AC get the ZYCLD up to speed out of Villa Grove.
The southbound ZYCMX train sits dead just north of Villa Grove.
UP 8037 and two other EMDs notch up out of Villa Grove. They will interchange to the NS about 20 miles north of here at Sidney.
NS 1116 and 1074, the Lackawanna Heritage, run around a southbound train on the main.
Amtrak's Phase II heritage unit leads a detoured Texas Eagle south through Bongard, IL.
NS 2571, an EMD SD70, leads the ADESP south out of Villa Grove. When I heard him pulling into town, I was still in track practice. I don't think I've ever ran and gathered my stuff from my locker ... (more)
The MPIPB departs Villa Grove with some nice power on the head end and third out.
QNLPIJ's conductor waits on southbound train MPRAS to pass so he can get the signal north to Sidney and onto the NS.
MPRAS (Proviso - Alton & Southern) with UP 8698 and UP 4256 on the point, picks up speed after meeting northbound CGMCP at the south end of Villa Grove.
The LSB50/54 local power switches Villa Grove yard on a warmer-than-its-been Sunday evening.
On a very foggy night, HLCX 1070 sits calm on the yard lead while trains QNLPI and an extra QNLPI sit side by side at Villa Grove changing crews.