CN FPA-4 6789 departs out of the Nelson Crossing depot for downtown Monticello. With the Wabash F7 off the property for some mechanical work, the CN MLW got a chance to operate during Railway Days... (more)
Wabash F7A No. 1189 passes through downtown Monticello as a pair of classic cars meet at the grade crossing. This scene is from one of the railroad photography days organized by Arthur Purchase at... (more)
Norfolk Southern engineer Richard Coddington begins to work power on train D32 on an unseasonably cool Saturday afternoon, with a former Milwaukee Road SD40-2 in trail. Steve Smedley photo
A Norfolk Southern crew sails southward out of Monticello with the Santa Train from the Monticello Railway Museum on a deadhead move to Decatur. Steve Smedley
A rarely seen aspect of the annual Santa Train out of Decatur, a Norfolk Southern crew and members of the Monticello Railway Museum hand off the passenger set at Monticello early Friday morning. ... (more)
Wabash 1189 and MLW FA2 6789 slowly pull the Monticello Railway Museum's passenger set around the Y from the IC to the NS connection at Monticello, during a Friday morning ferry move of the annual... (more)
The hard working volunteers of the Monticello Railway Museum have been up since 3am, preparing the cars and locomotives for a ferry move of the annual NS employees Santa Train. MLW FA2 6789 is fil... (more)
Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401 hammers across Township Road momentarily disturbing the peace of an early Sunday morning.
The early fall sees apples falling from the trees as former Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401 approaches downtown Monticello.
Former Wabash F7 1189 wheels a heavyweight train through the Illinois farmland during the Monticello Railway Museum/s Railroad Weekend event.
Former Wabash F7 1189 is at the point of a heavyweight passenger train being operated as part of the Monticello Railway Museum/s Railroad Weekend event.
Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401 rolls through the Illinois farmland north of Monticello proper on a Sunday afternoon.
Former Wabash F7 1189 approaches downtown Monticello during the Monticello Railway Museum/s Railroad Weekend event.
Former Wabash F7 1189 pauses at the former Wabash depot during the Monticello Railway Museum/s Railroad Weekend event.