Trains in Illinois

INRD 32, along with 3804, at rest in the yard at Palastine, IL

IC 8134 inside at PNC in Mt Vernon, IL

CNW 8815 sits waiting for a train near Reb Bud, IL, as close as I can remember

VMV 2001 sits near the sanding tower at Champaign IL.

The month and year are good. Day is in question

Effingham RR pulling their Amtrak coach on a special weekend. The year is good, date is approximate

We were able to not only ride the coach, but also get a cab ride this day! Year is correct, date is approximate.

EFRR gives a big puff of exhaust as it and IW 7570 pull a few Vulcan hoppers this day. Year is good, date is approximate.

This was a push pull train ride this day, with EFRR 2716 at the other end. Year is good, date is approximate.

A trio of NS units passing the siding south of Mt Olive, IL

CN 2704 - GT 6222 & DMIR 403 wait for a NB out of Effingham, IL

This 5 engine (3 IC blacks as the filling) fast freight passing the shortly arrived Gilman local

This unit sat for two days, while the IC unit to the left did the yard work

Third unit in a SB mixed freight into Effingham, IL

The GT unit is part of the local power at Effingham, IL

A very weathered GT unit leads a mixed freight, headed for the TP&W

NB freight out of Effingham, IL passes waiting SB train with different power!

VR 104 at rest in Vandalia, IL

The man who rode this is his younger years bought it, and was beginning a restoration of it, back to the GBW scheme.

GTW 5949 passing Dutch Lane Rd in Effingham IL

GTW 5941 zips thru Effingham IL southbound.

Caught these units coming into Clinton IL.

An old center cab used by a scrap dealer in Mt Vernon, IL

WC 2251 await it fate at NRE in Mt Vernon, IL

BNSF 5884 on point out of Metropolis IL. Took 2 days to find a BNSF on the BNSF line.

UP 5705 heading for Metropolis IL during a thunderstorm! This was the lead unit, with 2 pushers!

CSX 7383 has crossed the diamond, and UP 9411 slowly moves up until the other train has passed, and switches set at the diamond in Effingham IL.

CSX 6079, with only two cars (had to be a hot load on a holiday), at the diamond at Shattuc, IL

A trio of geeps await an assignment near the Staley plant in Decatur IL.

This south bound mixed freight goes thru the switch at Dutch Lane Rd in Effingham

4 CSX lead by Uncle Pete cross the diamond at Effingham

The baby blue CSX will lead this mixed freight, waiting on an air check

GT 4900 running in the 4th position crosses Dutch Lane Rd in Effingham

My daughter took this long one of a north bound CN-NS combo about to pass a CN-UP-IC-GT train

UP leads 4 CSX units toward the diamond at Effingham

A pair of KCS units wait at Roodhouse, IL

NS 4624 has been swithing at the elevator at Mount Olive, IL.

GTW 5948 picks up a lone grain horper just north of DuQuion. You should have heard the groan from the rails!

NS 8327 (note the numberboards) on a stack train at Centralia IL

NS 7531 (with matching numberboards) in the second spot on the stack train turning on to Centralia East.

NS 9858 comes off of Centralia East, geating ready to cross the CN at Centralia IL

A different angle on INRD 32.

INRD 3804 at rest in the yard at Palestine, ILË

NS 9061leads a mixed freight thru Litchfield. We first caught this train at Mitchell and beat it to Litchfield!

Local power at Effingham

IC's-DMIR & a few CNGTWs wait.........

4 six axles and 1 four axle pull to the side at Effingham IL..quite a mixed bag of power!

Not a night shot, but taken during a thunderstorm, with lots of lightning....I did here Gary, over my shoulder, say he was having trouble focusing on this one as well!

EVWR 3836 waits for Monday so that it's load can be moved to a lowboy for it's final destination.

DMIR 210-213 wait at Centralia IL............