The GTW heritage unit leading a train of empty gondolas across the BN Mendota Sub for interchange to the CN at Eola.

St. Louis Southwestern, SSW GP40M-2 7290 leads a eastbound stack train at, Meriden, Illinois. June 14, 1993. Jack D Kuiphoff photo © History on the SSW 7290 Built as a GP40 WRA 707> SBD 6795> CSX... (more)

In a dense and foggy winter morning, BNs 458 job makes a run for Zearing with both a “Smurf” GP38 & BN SD40. Seen here in Meriden.

NS empties approach the subdivisions namesake town of Mendota, with an H1 Dash 9 on the head end. Seen here outside town, aside Meriden.

In the afternoon summer sun along BNs Mendota Sub, NS empties rumble west with an H1 Dash 9 up front for power.

After sitting in the city all night, coal empties from NS highball west along the Mendota sub, with a cab light 70mac rebuild taking the charge.

With a train loaded for Detroit, a pair of BN painted 70macs scream through the northern illinois countryside, seen here having just departed Mendota.

South West Chief running 18 hours late is heading toward Chicago. 184 was shut down at Raton requiring a long wait for a BNSF engine to be added on.

A pair of SD70MAC's in the BN "Executive" scheme take a string of empty coal hoppers westbound on a frigid, windy winter afternoon. The signal bridge off in the distance has since been replaced s... (more)

The Southwest Chief highballs west through Meriden, passing under the CB&Q searchlights at MP 78.

My 300th RP photo is a westbound empty coal train splitting the new signals turned on just the day before. The signals didn't go on until the train hit the next block west. An earlier eastbound ... (more)

The radiance of the morning sun lights up an eastbound coal load as it ducks under one of the remaining CB&Q bridges at MP 75.3 on the Mendota Subdivision. As unfortunate as it is, these signals ... (more)

BNSF6137 and its' coal loads head east under the endangered CB&Q signal bridge at East Meriden on the Mendota Subdivision. All of the CB&Q signals on this sub will be deactivated by years end.

The start to the end has begun on the Mendota Sub as seen here at Meridian. These signals and the next ones east of here have the new replacement signals setup for changeover. It will definitely c... (more)

The Brick-Kick heads west under one of the many CB&Q signal bridges on the Mendota Sub that are being replaced this year.