UP 2688 leads a grain train South near Lincoln.

Union Pacific Railroad LSF 54, the South Local, slowly approaches fallen branches as it enters the Havana District at Lincoln, Illinois. Lead locomotive 1475 was built in July 1971 for the Chesape... (more)

Union Pacific's LSF51 (Bloomington IL to Carlinville IL) local returns East on a short remnant of the former Illinois Central's Havana District in Lincoln, Illinois. The ''South Local's'' only cus... (more)

Illinois Central Railroad Class Deathstar SD70 leads a two-car North bound Peoria Local at Lincoln, Illinois on Monday evening, August 27, 2018. The Peoria Local is a turn out of the CN Decatur ya... (more)

A Union Pacific Railroad local works west on the former Illinois Central's Havana District. The UP's South Local is preparing to spot the International Paper Company corrugated box plant at the e... (more)

Engineer Spiv hauls a bunch of old wooden ties that were replaced earlier today with new concrete ties towards McLean on UP Train WBHAUL 03 on the UP Springfield Sub.

UP ballast train dumps rock as part of a line upgrade to support high speed Amtrak trains from Saint Louis to Chicago

The Peoria Local cruises past a dead Ram at Lincoln, Illinois on Monday Jan. 11 2009. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

A pair of fallen flag GP40s are in charge of the Decatur to Peoria local.

With 62 cars in tow, the North bound Peoria Local crosses Illinois Rt 121 on the south edge of Lincoln Tuesday afternoon.

In 72 degree Sunday afternoon weather, the IC 3140's conductor has the windows down as he relaxes while passing an old Chevy Coupe, with a window broken by a brick laying in the back seat. The 314... (more)

The Union Pacific's South Local backs down the Havana District towards the mainline after working the box plant on the west side of Lincoln, Illinois on this snowy Tuesday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY ... (more)

The Peoria Local slows for the Union Pacific diamond at the North end of Lincoln, railroad name ATHOL.

Union Pacific's South Local, with a 25 year old former Rio Grande GP40 on the point, blasts away from its work on the Havana District and Lincoln, Illinois. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO