A lone Illinois Central SD40-3 pulls a loaded Herzog Ballast train out of Mattoon Illinois.

CN #9542 runs long hood forward with the L551 local as it pulls into Mattoon Illinois.

Local L551 with a mixed freight just south of the Amtrak station. Powered by IC 9572 & 9610.

The Champaign, IL, to Mattoon, IL, local rolls south thru Tuscola with a pair of EJ&E units and around 40 cars. The train has just crossed over the UP/CSX tracks here at Tuscola. Tuscola is locate... (more)

Mattoon bound local brings coal empties across the diamonds in Decatur.

Train hauling agricultural products pulls into the south end of Mattoon early on a Sunday morning in August.

Westbound NS crosses the Wabash - Illinois Central diamonds as CN 5674 waits to head south to Mattoon.

The CNIC's Peoria Local rolls North and past some classic Allis Chalmers tractors, at Hartsburg, Illinois on the Peoria District, the former Illinois Central secondary line from Mattoon to Pekin, ... (more)

An empty grain train blasts out of Decatur, Illinois bound for loading in Mattoon.

Engineer Dave Allenson has a nice leader on the point, as he operates a loaded grain train through a dense area of grade crossings buildings and utilities in Pekin, Illinois. The CNIC grain loads ... (more)

INRD Santa Train, held at Newton. Leica M3, Voigtlander 40/1.4 Nokton