The first picture is of CNW GP50 5062, which is in an Operation Life Saver paint scheme. Here it is just pulling into the yard at Eagle Springs to take on fuel and sand for its next job.
Here you can see a trio of SD40's waiting on a siding at Eagle Springs for another train to pass.
In this picture you again see CNW 5062 slowing to unload empties at Eagle Springs Coop.
Here you see a leased EMD GP60 taking on sand at the Eagle Springs yard for its next journey.
This is a picture of a UP GP-18 pulling several empty gondolas as it enters Eagle Springs yard to be serviced and fueled up.
In this picture you can see UP DASH-8 #9456 trailed by a GP50 passing by the Kustom Kabinet furniture factory hauling a full load.
Here you see a shot of CNW GP50 5053 crossing the creek near the abondoned coaling tower outside of Eagle Springs.
In the next picture you can once again see 5053 in the background coming off the siding that serves Fredrickson Shipping and Consolidated Plastics. Also in the forground you can see the back lot of Kustom Kabinets.
This is the switch point for the Pine Valley Coop branch. You can see CNW 5053 and 5058 passing by soon to pick up some full loads. The farmer watching the passing locomotives appears happy to see the grain finally going out.
Here is a view of the south edge of downtown Eagle Springs with Jacobs Lumber in the background. Behind the lumber yard you can see the siding that serves it.
In this photo you see an abandoned coaling tower which has survived the years on a siding along the mainline.
A retired Illinois Central SW1500 switcher is busy at work in the Pine Valley Cooperative switchyard.
Here is a view down mainstreet in Eagle Springs on a busy afternoon.
This pic is a view of the RAIA Industries Cement Plant outside Eagle Springs. The bulldozer seen in the foreground I rigged up to a hidden motor on the underside of the layout so the bucket moves up and down.
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