I didn't see a lot of Dash 8s leading trains when I lived in Galesburg in the mid-90s. At least I didn't shoot many. A quartet of blue and yellows hammer their way towards LA. Seen here at MP 171,... (more)
A Santa Fe Chicago-KC manifest passes the high-wide detector westbound in the Illinois River valley. In a minute it'll wrap around Houlihan's Curve and climb out of the valley at Edelstein.
A lone B40-8 in blue bonnet paint leads an A-B-B-A set of GP60s on a Richmond California bound hot shot intermodal while another ATSF intermodal waits in the siding at Tehachapi Loop.