A few nights after an “every other year” snowstorm, DREI’s westbound road freight hones in their dynamic braking as they drop down and across the Embarras River in Camargo.
Behind its usual pair of SD45 carbodies, 101 claws up out of Camargo’s valley with 60ish cars this morning.
With spring in full swing, the first leg of DREIs wayfreight from Decatur to Terra Haute is seen here traversing the Embarras River in Camargo, with two SD40-3s sporting SD45 carbodies.
After enforcing their crew truck with new tires, the DREI 400 crew went up to Hillsdale to grab this empty grain train for Tuscola. ADM loaded the train overnight and the 400 job showed up this mo... (more)
Gone are the days of the CSX Decatur Subdivision, now owned by Watco and operated as the Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad. Four axle GPs were quite common on this line while traffic was still r... (more)
DREI's 101 rolls over the Embarrass River at Camargo during a downpour with a nice mixture of power on the head end.
It's a blistering 92 degrees on this hot July day and the third train of the day is on the move on the Decatur & Eastern. Seen here east of Camargo rounding the curve and descending into town, tra... (more)
After about 7 inches of snow falling across Central Illinois, the first train of the day on the Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad cuts across the Illinois plains. With the FURX 5551 and HLCX 421... (more)
It's the first day of operations on Illinois' newest shortline railroad, the Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad. Owned by Watco, this line operates on CSX's former Decatur Subdivision and Danvill... (more)
CSX 2005 rolls around the bend at Camargo, Illinois.