I don't remember a lot of Chicago to KC Q-trains running, so I think this was a little odd for 1995. Also odd was how the Santa Fe found the CNW 6564 unit. The 6564 was the one-off that was rebuil... (more)

The notes I found said this is the 1st time we seen these Dash 8s on Amtrak. Amtrak received 20 of these Dash 8s in 1991. . The Southwest Chief ran via the Santa Fe until 1998, when it was moved t... (more)

The hoarfrost is burning off around Galesburg on this crisp December morning in 1992. The Illinois Zephyr makes good time on its morning trek from Quincy to Chicago. The train is on the BN 4th Sub... (more)

Some awesome hoarfrost is coating everything around Galesburg on this crisp December morning in 1992. A westbound SP train is slowing down for the approach to Galesburg with the typical 4-unit set... (more)

Some awesome hoarfrost is coating everything around Galesburg on this crisp December morning in 1992. An eastbound SP train hammers out of Galesburg. The train is on the BN's 2nd Sub and just pass... (more)

Neat to remember the set of geep hauling ass with high priority freight. A 4-pack set of yellow and blues marches west at Yost on the Chilli Sub with the New York to LA Q-train. The train will pas... (more)

A McCook to Los Angeles auto train has just passed an eastbound intermodal train near Dahinda on the Chilli Sub. Pair of blue and yellow charge west towards next crew change at Fort Madison, IA, i... (more)

I didn't see a lot of Dash 8s leading trains when I lived in Galesburg in the mid-90s. At least I didn't shoot many. A quartet of blue and yellows hammer their way towards LA. Seen here at MP 171,... (more)

The BNSF is working on replacing what's left of the ex-Santa Fe style signals east of Galesburg. Here the Stockton, CA, to Willow Springs, IL, Z-train blast by MP 171 and a pair of classic ex-Sant... (more)

An A-B-B-A consist of GP60's are a few miles outside of Galesburg as they scream west on the Chilly Sub. Santa Fe got these GP60B's in late 1991, and used them on alot of hotshot trains in A-B-B-A... (more)

A westbound McCook, IL, to KC freight train has a little of everything as they make their way west on the Chilly Sub. The train is about 10 miles from Galesburg as they make their way to Ft. Madis... (more)

A westbound McCook, IL, to Los Angeles, CA, auto train has somewhat an odd ball leader. These ex-Amtrak cowl units really weren't leader much as Santa Fe didn't like them for liability of crews cl... (more)

For awhile the Santa Fe/BNSF ran a coal train from New Mexico to Chicago. These trains started in September 1992 and ran from the York Canyon Mine in New Mexico via Raton Pass, to the C&NW at McCo... (more)

The Denver, CO, to Chicago, IL, Corwith Yard, Z-train has just changed crews and departed Galesburg on the Transcon Mainline and is now passing thru Yost Crossovers. This train travels the coal ro... (more)

As Positive Train Control (PTC) legislature gets closer in 2015, more and more signals are being replaced with a standard newer signal. Search light signals like this intermediate signal east of G... (more)