The Big Boy making its waited appearance in the small town of Grant Park, Illinois, on the Villa Grove Sub. Many people gathered along the tracks to see this historic steam engine pass by.

Not something you would normally find in a small Illinois town out in the cornfields. SOO 4410 and DME 4006 hang out in the late evening sun next to the UP Villa Grove Sub in Grant Park.

SOO GP38-2 4410 and DM&E 4006 sit in the elevator track in Grant Park. They were set out here for a unknown reason.

Not something you would normally find in a small Illinois town out in the cornfields. SOO 4410 and DME 4006 hang out in the late evening sun next to the UP Villa Grove Sub in Grant Park. Not sure ... (more)

The CSX OCS heads South out of the small town of Grant Park.

P001, the CSX Office Car Special thunders north on the UP Villa Grove Subdivision with CSX1, 2, and 3 up at the head end.

Tom Golden photo.

On a rainy afternoon, Ferromex SD70ACe #4015 finds itself on the point of CSX train K423-18 as it hustles through Grant Park with loads of ethanol bound for Tampa, FL.

The gargantuan grain elevator in Grant Park towers over an accelerating manifest on a clear summer evening. Second in consist is one of UP's C40-8's on lease to NS.

A brand new KCS SD70ACe leads a Laredo, TX-bound Z train south through Grant Park, IL on Union Pacific's Villa Grove Subdivision.

The Villa Grove Sub was pretty much shut down today owing to widespread signal problems, leaving only an CW60AC idling on a siding to phoam over. The "X" is the "whistle" sign used on this sub.

Why this AC6000CW was left idling on a siding here in Grant Park is a mystery to me. However, on a day when the Villa Grove Sub was pretty much shut down due to widespread signal problems, it was ... (more)

CSXT 724 leads a drag CSX freight southbound on the C&EI south of Grant Park, IL.