Oakland empties traverse the twists and turns of the Charleston Subdivision on the south side of Charleston. Ruining the pure WSOR consist is the leader, WAMX 4134, the DREI’s lone “true” SD... (more)

A matching trio of WSOR-painted units lead a northbound train empty over the Embarras River and towards Oakland. This train was received from the CN at Neoga and will be loaded at ADM Oakland befo... (more)

Fall colors are starting to show face along the Charleston Sub and one of the curves just south of the Embarras River is no exception. Here we see WAMX 3870, two other lookalikes, and an SD40-2 lu... (more)

All is silent in rural Oakland, IL as the aurora dances overhead. Sitting below is a loaded DREI grain train behind a 5-pack of EMD locomotives. This train came up from Neoga a day prior and was l... (more)

The aurora dances overhead as a DREI grain train sits north of Oakland, tied down till morning.

An extraboard freight trundles down the Charleston Subdivision, enroute to Charleston with cars for all three rail-served customers in town.

A CSX SD70MAC prepares to slam the former EIRC diamond at Metcalf with a grain train for Tuscola. The DREI took over the EIRC at the beginning of 2020, marking the end of gray GP9 and 10 locomotiv... (more)

In a very scenic part of the line near Chrisman, the Tuscola grain train is creeping along the mainline at a very slow speed. The engineer will stop the train at Chrisman’s diamond where he will... (more)

After enforcing their crew truck with new tires, the DREI 400 crew went up to Hillsdale to grab this empty grain train for Tuscola. ADM loaded the train overnight and the 400 job showed up this mo... (more)

After taking two hoppers to Metcalf, the ILSX 180 grabbed HLCX 3834 and FURX 5514, the newest addition to the Charleston Sub. After some power shuffling and waiting for the 101 to pass, the FURX 5... (more)