A pair of BNSF GE's lead a mixed freight through the rural farmland along the Mississippi River just south of Savanna, Illinois.

Locomotives:
BNSF 7278 ES44DC
BNSF 7991 ES44C4

A local resident of Thomson, Illinois who lives near the ex-Milwaukee Road trackage has a restored bay window caboose on display in his backyard.

The headman climbs onboard the northbound Milwaukee Road 2027 after lining the switch at Ebner Junction. The MILW ran on the BN from Ebner to Savanna. The BN has laid out ties to extend their ow... (more)

With the U-KEEMAD dead in the siding at Ebner, an oil load for Hayti, MO makes its way towards Galesburg. The derailed cars in the ditch are leftover from a late October 2013 incident.

SOO Line combo train 430/442/220 Detours on the BN to gain home rails at Savanna, IL. Due to the floods of 1993 taking out the SOO between Savanna, and Davenport, Iowa, trains were detoured for a ... (more)