Illinois Central 6071, the first EMD SD40 ever built, is on display as the "IC 6071 Exhibit" at the Monticello Railway Museum's yearly "Railroad Days" event on September 22, 2012. The unit started... (more)
Canadian National 6789 idles on one of the yard tracks at the Monticello Railway Museum providing air for the plethora of horns scattered in front of the locomotive. These horns have come from a f... (more)
Wabash 1189 sits beneath the cloud of steam erupting from the ADM facility in Decatur, Illinois while loading passengers for Norfolk Southern's 2011 Santa Train.
Southern Railway #401 brings the excursion upgrade into Nelson's Crossing.
Southern Railway #401 departs downtown Monticello.
This was the first SD40X demonstrator, built on a SD35 frame, and sold to the GM&O after its demo days.
Wabash 1189 trails on the excursion train as it returns east towards Decatur.
$690,000 and 15 years later, Southern 401 sits quietly in the maintenance shops at the Monticello Railway Museum after it's first year in excursion service.
The EMD logo on the "new" trucks of IC 6071 still shows as a testament to the first SD40 ever manufactured.
As the 2011 Norfolk Southern Illinois Division Santa Train prepares for departure near Wabic, a yard job with two MP15DCs pulls up alongside as it gets some headroom on December 10, 2011.
CN FPA4 6789 races east across the Illinois prairie with NS' 2011 Illinois Division Santa Train.
On a sunny, December 10th, Norfolk Southern's Santa Train is preparing to depart as a pair of NS MP15DC's pull up alongside with a yard job, making for a cool sight.
Monticello Railway Museum's brand-new spit-polished Southern 401 2-8-0 on display and getting ready for a run.
Norfolk Southern's classy F9's paid a visit to the Monticello Railway Museum.
NS Santa Train 957 powered by Wabash F7A 1189 leads the Santa train past the grain bins in Niantic, Illinois.