At sunset on October 24, 1992, an eastbound Burlington Northern train speeds along the Mississippi River as it passes under the graceful U.S. Highway 52 truss bridge at Savanna, Illinois. This bri... (more)

Rails worn by heavy tonnage, the late afternoon sun glints off the diamonds of Burlington Northern’s crossing of Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line at Savanna, Illinois, on September 1... (more)

Last peak of the fall colors from the Mississippi River Palisades

BNSF 4274 leads XHNTWKCK down the BNSF Aurora Subdivision as the Mississippi Palisades State Park looms in the background.

SOO 4412 and CP 2319 sit in the Savanna Yard waiting for their next assignment as the lights of of CP train 681 add some light on the nose of 4412.

The Northern Transcon for the BNSF usually sees 3 westbound Z-trains during the afternoon into the evening. Normally its the St, Paul, South Seattle, and Portland Z-trains that run about 2 hours a... (more)

A pair of GEs take an autorack train around the bend out of Savanna, and along the Great Mississippi River. Not many places in Illinois with as great of scenery as Savanna.

GM F9A 462 with test train is at Milwaukee Road Savanna Engine terminal.

New Milwaukee Road 171 with EMD test car ET 800 at Savanna Engine Terminal. GM F9A 462 is on far end.

Here's another shot of CB&Q 4-8-4 #5632 on that excursion. The train is being wye-ed for a return to Chicago. Sadly, the 5632 was scrapped in 1969. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Thanks to everyone for there help identifying the location of the meet between 4-8-4 #5623 and the CB&Q freight. I do believe the location is Savanna, and also found this picture that I believe w... (more)

A Soo Line freight with intermodal traffic approaches the BN crossing as it heads through Savanna, IL and will cross the Mississippi River and enter Iowa. The Kansas City bound train is powered by... (more)

Norfolk Southern no. 3556 made a return appearance later on the same day it went west with a detour freight. Here it is running long hood first with an eastbound detour freight on Soo Line trackag... (more)

Seeing an EMD CSXT motor leading trains isn't too common around the Midwest. Here a SD70Mac leads this potash train on the BNSF Aurora Sub. The train is passing thru Savanna enroute towards Grebne... (more)

MILW H16-44 nos. 424 and 434 relax in the weeds near the roundhouse at Savanna, IL in January 1976. Their duties are over and they await the scrapper's torch on this snowless winter day.