My dad greets the westbound California Zephyr as it races across the Illinois countryside east of Kewanee back in 2018. Unlike many railfans, I didn't inherit my love of trains from my dad, or any... (more)
A Monroe, MI, empty coal train slow rolls thru Kewanee waiting on a crossover light behind Amtrak's #3 at West Kewanee. The train was held here for both westbound Amtrak's (5/3) that were about 50... (more)
Southwest chief races west through Kewanee with the rather unusual sight of a P32 leading the charge
Amtrak's eastbound Illinois Zephyr stops at Kewanee with a matching Phase IV consist on its trip to Chicago.
Waiting for traffic ahead to move up, a GEVO and an SD70MAC soak up the evening sunshine in Kewanee.
A CSX SD50 takes an empty coal drag west through one of the remaining Q sytle signal bridges left on the Mendota Sub
Heading into the low sun, a BNSF empty coal train rumbles west near Kewanee, IL, passing under one of the remaining original CB&Q signal bridges that are beginning to disappear from the BNSF lines... (more)
The pair of ex-CB&Q twin signal bridges at West Kewanee stand as sentinels for an oncoming unit coal train.
A westbound coal empty threads the double signal bridges at West Kewanee.
Grabbing a what's left of the day's sunlight, a westbound manifest is recorded on the BNSF Mendota Sub just east of Kewanee.
GTW 4614, built in March, 1957; WC 7528, built 1971. A combined 82 years of freight-hauling experience at 50mph in Run 8! You should have heard it. Mendota Sub rules!
A light coal train from Chi-town headed to the powder river with CWEX hoppers. Canon EOS Digital Rebel 75-300mm USM lens
