The 'City of Savanna' is a daily reminder to the residents of Savanna, Illinois of their railroad heritage. A couple hundred yards back, this westbound double stack passed over the diamonds where... (more)
Big power for a local. A pair of gull wing units pull a short four car freight out of Savanna. It's an uphill climb from the Mississippi. This is the old CB&Q where this local runs to Oregon, Il.... (more)
The DPU of an eastbound (south by compass along the river) ore train has just passed under the overlook at Mississippi Palisades State Park and follows the rest of the train into Savanna. The hig... (more)
It started out Thursday afternoon as rain, and then snow mixed in. When the precip turned to all snow, the flakes were the size of potato chips. The snow stuck to every little twig on every tree... (more)
CITX 3078 leads a trio of gray leased SD40-2's west on the CP Chicago Subdivision through the semi-fall colored trees of Illinois. The train is approaching the east end of the Savanna Yard, and wi... (more)
Ethanol loads clump over the BNSF diamonds as the first light of day spreads.
An eastbound (south along the Mississippi River) BNSF grain train passes beneath the bluffs just north of Savanna that are lit up by late afternoon sunlight passing through residual sugars left in... (more)
An eastbound taconite train out of Minnesota crosses the BNSF-DM&E interlocking at Savanna.
At sunset, three Dash 9s--two of them NS--haul an empty BNSF grain train eastward along the Mississippi River and the Palisades.
273's train waits for a new crew at Savanna while the sun begins to peak over the bluff and glint off the auto racks.
As the sun sets over the mighty Mississippi, a Clinton bound ethanol train rumbles south/east on the Aurora Sub. I knew I had to visit this spot after seeing Alan Craig's shot from this same spot.... (more)
A lone GEVO brings what looks to be an ethanol train down the BNSF Aurora Sub next to the serene Mississippi River on a brutally hot day.
On a beautiful summer evening, a westbound Z train roars along the base of the Palisades.
both waiting for a re-crew
