Eastbound BNSF freight makes a stop in Savanna, IL.

A combined CP 185/199 detour train reaches Savanna as the crew expires on this beautiful summer day.

Fortunate spot at the stop sign, with no traffic coming or behind ... quick shot out the window. The swollen Mississippi River surges to the left.

The daily afternoon Z-train from Chicago, IL to Portland, OR rolls thru CTC Savanna at 5:27pm. Couple Dash 9's and an EMD SD60 roll these trailers west today. The clear signal in the background is... (more)

The City of Belle Fourche is idling in the Savanna yard, while a trainman tries to position an EOT for a switch onto the BNSF Peavine (Barstow Sub). Savanna saw plenty of unusual operations durin... (more)

An eastbound IC&E and CP train sit side by side at the BNSF/ICE diamond in Savanna waiting for a green to head east.

On the morning of the longest day of the year, a CP train touring on the IC&E due to flooding in Wisconsin has come off the Sabula bridge, and is now crossing the diamonds with BNSF. The bridge b... (more)

A westbound detour coal empty pulls into Savanna for a crew change. The train would normally operate on the Mendota sub through Galesburg but due to flooding problems in Iowa this train will take ... (more)

About to hit the IC&E diamonds, a pair of BNSF skunk SD60Ms sandwich a C44-9W.

CP detour train #185 is on the eastward main at Savanna as they head west. 185 has just past the signals for the diamond with the BNSF Aurora Sub. CP detour train #298 is on the westward main trac... (more)

This Belt Railway Yard Chicago, IL to Northtown, MN freight is almost stopped at Savanna depot to change crews. The train has just past thru the CTC Crossovers at Savanna, which is the signals in ... (more)

A shot that looks into the furture, CP train #185 has stopped next to the MCCNA at East Savanna to get an IC&E crew aboard and to line the automatic switch for the eastward main track. 185 is deto... (more)

The Clinton local heads west on the IC&E Chicago sub after tranfering between lines at Savanna. The train had 118 cars all going to Clinton.

Needs paint bad, wish it didn't

Slamming over the EX MILW, SOO,CP,IMRL, now IC&E diamonds