The Centralia, IL based local approaches the junction with the St. Louis Sub mainline with empty hoppers for limestone to interchange with the Kaskaskia Regional Port District at Lenzburg, IL.

A pair of "Death Stars" climbs the grade from Mud Creek after working the Prairie State Energy Campus (a clean coal generating station) near Lively Grove, IL.

M337 heads west with a pair of IC SD70s by the ADM elevator at Seward which is home to CNW GP7R #4120. When the ADM switcher is not in use the windows are covered up to prevent vandalism.

A pair of IC SD70s are in charge of M337 as they poke out the west end of Hawthorne Yard to make a setout while a westbound BNSF coal drag is seen below on main 2 at La Vergne and a westbound Z co... (more)

IC SD70's 1007 and 1018 now owned by CN lead train A408 south towards the Centralia yard.

IC SD70 1007 leads CN L537 North through Hazel Crest.

Seen high above Bronzeville in Chicago, CNs L536 transfer crawls out of the city with two Illinois Central paint SD70s for power.

CNs Glenn to Kirk transfer winds along the Chicago sub with a pair of CNs finest SD70s. Both still sporting the Illinois Central “Deathstar” scheme, an icon to the Chicago area.

L536 traverses south out of Downtown Chicago at 31st Street with a duo of IC SD70’s on a warm afternoon.

As twilight blankets the town of Elgin, CNs Iowa Division manifest hi-tails over the Fox River with a pair of matched Illinois Central SD70s. Just like old times!

L536 makes its way through the south loop with IC 1007 doing the honors.

As an afternoon layer of fog rolls in to blanket the area, a pair of IC deathstar SD70's and a GTW GP38-2 slowly cross the diamonds at 16th Street with the day's L536 to Kirk Yard.

A408 heads south through Pesotum with a trio of IC SD70s, a duo of foamers and a depot in the snow covered trees.

A408 is seen heading south out of Champaign after a couple days of freezing rain and snow have blanketed central Illinois and the mainline of mid-America.

For the first time in over half a decade, an Illinois Central "deathstar" SD70 lead an eastbound train on the CN Iowa Division. After coming in on a grain train the previous night, the p... (more)