Trains in the Middle

Trains in the Middle Pictures and videos from various hunts of railroad odds and ends around the Midwest

Big Boy!!! X4014 arriving in Sterling Il on a beautiful early June day (6/2/2026) as it makes its way east. Hoping to ca...
06/02/2026

Big Boy!!! X4014 arriving in Sterling Il on a beautiful early June day (6/2/2026) as it makes its way east. Hoping to catch this again on Horseshoe Curve in July!

Illinois Railway sand train with assist from BNSF power waiting on tracks north of Serena IL on a July (7/16/25) morning...
07/18/2025

Illinois Railway sand train with assist from BNSF power waiting on tracks north of Serena IL on a July (7/16/25) morning. Can anyone share info on how often BNSF power gets added to Illinois Railway consists?

Chicago-bound Amtrak passing a stopped BNSF mixed freight on a July evening (7/17/25) between Earlville and Leland IL. T...
07/18/2025

Chicago-bound Amtrak passing a stopped BNSF mixed freight on a July evening (7/17/25) between Earlville and Leland IL. Too late for the Southwest Chief…unless it was VERY late. Does anyone have insights? Full consist of Superliners.

07/16/2025

A BNSF freight on the move between Earlville and Leland IL on a warm July evening (7/14/25).

Burlington Junction (BJRY) SW1200 #1510 cuts a lone figure as it rests south of Troy Grove IL on New Year’s Day 2025. T...
02/01/2025

Burlington Junction (BJRY) SW1200 #1510 cuts a lone figure as it rests south of Troy Grove IL on New Year’s Day 2025. The #1510 is ex-TRRA #1234; ex-Saginaw Valley #998 and ex-IHRC #1234. Built April, 1965.

OMLX #3807 and #3808 pulling into Naplate IL as they switch cars for the Ottawa US Silica plant. The line stretches to...
02/01/2025

OMLX #3807 and #3808 pulling into Naplate IL as they switch cars for the Ottawa US Silica plant. The line stretches to the old glass plants in Naplate which still see regular service.

Far away from its last gig, OMLX #504, ex-Hudson Bay Railway #5009, resting between assignments in the industrial park...
02/01/2025

Far away from its last gig, OMLX #504, ex-Hudson Bay Railway #5009, resting between assignments in the industrial park north of Peru IL (1/28/25). The Port of Churchill referenced on its nose is famous for polar bears and is Canada’s northernmost full scale port.

The tail end of an Amtrak Streamliner at the tail end of the Southwestern Chief getting ready to depart Chicago’s Union ...
01/30/2025

The tail end of an Amtrak Streamliner at the tail end of the Southwestern Chief getting ready to depart Chicago’s Union Station on 1/26/25.

The shadows are growing long as BNSF #4459 leaves town fast pushing a freight through Mendota Illinois (1/26/25)
01/30/2025

The shadows are growing long as BNSF #4459 leaves town fast pushing a freight through Mendota Illinois (1/26/25)

BNSF #2099 waiting its next assignment in Mendota IL on a typical northern Illinois January day (1/26/25)
01/30/2025

BNSF #2099 waiting its next assignment in Mendota IL on a typical northern Illinois January day (1/26/25)

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