Chop-nose GP38-2 NS 5552 crosses one of the many farm roads in rural Illinois...
After meeting the NS 24N, w/b NS 224 rolls through Hoffman, IL en route to St Louis and eventually Kansas City.
After meeting the NS 24N, w/b NS 168 rolls through Hoffman, IL en route to Granite City, IL...
NS 111 meets the NS 112
Westbound NS 112 creeps to a halt on the main; a meet with the NS 111 is about 40 minutes away...
Eastbound NS 223 splits the signals at the MP 55.6 / 55.5 (location of Defect Detector)
Westbound NS 112 rounds the bend at MP 56 after meeting the eastbound NS 111 at Shattuc siding (MP 58).
MP 56.