An unusual consist turned up on the New Rock Sub in October 1988 when CSXT 2509 and its mate, slug CSXT 1011 were photographed switching the U.S. Silica sand pit in Utica, IL.

Spring is just around the corner as this pair of GP15T's switch out a Silica Sand plant in this Illinois River Valley town.

Utica is where the CSX New Rock Sub becomes the IAIS 1st Sub. Here, a CSX local from Ottawa is see switching the west end of Utica.

J742 pulls past the tornado ravaged CRI&P depot as it goes about switching the sand plant. The abandoned depot is the last reminder of the 2004 tornado that ripped through town and killed several... (more)