Illinoisan. After meeting eastbound counterpart train 223, westbound intermodal 224 throttles up at New Baden, IL, with the Virginian heritage unit out front.
On a warm summer afternoon NS 9348 holds for an eastbound witch the conductor of NS 9348 had already lined the eastbound train in to the siding for the meet.
What a lashup: A beautiful-looking blue ex-CR SD50, an NS SD70M, and another EMD smoker thunder westbound 224 past MP 33.6. Signs of fall prevail as seen in the harvested corn field...